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microcavitation

microcavitation noun: microscopic cavitation.

Noun

microcavitation (uncountable)

  1. microscopic cavitation
    • Changes include microhemorrhages, edema, vascular changes ranging from increased numbers of delicate telangiectatic vessels to fibrinoid vascular necrosis and hyalinization, development of foamy macrophages, infiltration of polymorphonuclear leukocytes, astrocytosis, and loss of tissue elements...2015 October 7, “A Gamma-Knife-Enabled Mouse Model of Cerebral Single-Hemisphere Delayed Radiation Necrosis”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of microcavitation

From micro- + cavitation.

Questions about microcavitation

What does microcavitation mean?
Microcavitation means microscopic cavitation.
What part of speech is microcavitation?
Microcavitation is a noun.

Words near microcavitation in the dictionary

  1. microcausality
  2. microcauteries
  3. microcautery
  4. microcavern
  5. microcaverns
  6. microcavitation
  7. microcavities
  8. microcavity
  9. microccocal
  10. microceleb
  11. microcelebrities

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