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collateral vessel

collateral vessel noun: a small blood vessel that connects to a main blood vessel and provides an alternate route of perfusion, and not used by the circulatory system until needed.

Noun

collateral vessel (plural collateral vessels)

  1. A small blood vessel that connects to a main blood vessel and provides an alternate route of perfusion, and not used by the circulatory system until needed.

Forms of collateral vessel

pluralcollateral vessels

Questions about collateral vessel

What does collateral vessel mean?
Collateral vessel means a small blood vessel that connects to a main blood vessel and provides an alternate route of perfusion, and not used by the circulatory system until needed.
What part of speech is collateral vessel?
Collateral vessel is a noun.
What is the plural of collateral vessel?
The plural of collateral vessel is collateral vessels.

Words near collateral vessel in the dictionary

  1. collateral sciences
  2. collateral securities
  3. collateral security
  4. collateral vein
  5. collateral veins
  6. collateral vessel
  7. collateral vessels
  8. collateralisation
  9. collateralisations
  10. collateralise
  11. collateralised

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