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vaso-occlusive

vaso-occlusive is the alternative form of vasoocclusive.

Meaning of vasoocclusive

Adjective

vasoocclusive (comparative more vasoocclusive, superlative most vasoocclusive)

  1. That which leads to vasoocclusion.
    • Logic suggests that agents that sustain flow and prevent the initiation of vasoocclusion would be more successful than agents given after an acute vasoocclusive event has started, nevertheless animal studies have shown that this latter approach might be useful [ 110 ].2015 July 29, Duyen A. Ngo, Martin H. Steinberg, “Genomic approaches to identifying targets for treating β hemoglobinopathies”, in BMC Medical Genomics, volume 8, →DOI

Questions about vaso-occlusive

What is vaso-occlusive the alternative form of?
Vaso-occlusive is the alternative form of vasoocclusive.

Words near vaso-occlusive in the dictionary

  1. Vaskos
  2. Vaslui
  3. Vasmer
  4. vaso vasorum
  5. vaso-
  6. vaso-occlusive
  7. vasoactivator
  8. vasoactivators
  9. vasoactive
  10. vasoactive intestinal peptide
  11. vasoactive intestinal peptides

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