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vascularized

vascularized is the simple past and past participle of vascularize.

Meaning of vascularize

Verb

vascularize (third-person singular simple present vascularizes, present participle vascularizing, simple past and past participle vascularized)

  1. To supply with vessels (that conduct fluid).
    • [This] vascularizes the right aspect of the superior septum. S2 vascularizes most of the septum, the medial papillary muscle group of the tricuspid valve (TM), and proceeds toward the base of the anterior papillary muscle[…]2016 April 25, R. Shane Tubbs, Mohammadali M. Shoja, Marios Loukas, Bergman's Comprehensive Encyclopedia of Human Anatomic Variation, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 557
  2. To acquire vessels (that conduct fluid).
    • Allografts vascularize and are eventually rejected at which time they must be replaced. Xenografts (porcine) - not as good as homografts; last 2 weeks; these do not vascularize. Dermal substitutes - not as good as homografts or xenografts[…]2012 March 28, Steven M. Fiser, The ABSITE Review, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, →ISBN

Forms of vascularized

comparativemore vascularized
superlativemost vascularized

Words formed from vascularized

Questions about vascularized

What is vascularized the simple past and past participle of?
Vascularized is the simple past and past participle of vascularize.

Words near vascularized in the dictionary

  1. vascularity
  2. vascularizable
  3. vascularization
  4. vascularizations
  5. vascularize
  6. vascularized
  7. vascularizes
  8. vascularizing
  9. vascularly
  10. vasculate
  11. vasculated

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