microcirculation
- noun
- /ˌmaɪkroʊˌsɜrkjʊˈleɪʃən/
- Specialized
- Proper microcirculation is crucial for delivering oxygen to tissues and maintaining overall health.
- coronary microcirculation
- compromise the microcirculation
- cutaneous microcirculation
Examples
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Fasudil is principally used to treat cerebral vasospasm and improve brain microcirculation clinically.
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Nitric oxide is a naturally occurring vasodilator in the microcirculation.
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The ideal experiment would have investigated cutaneous microcirculation to mirror clinical applications.
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Although these sprays have been widely used in clinical practice, little is known about their effect on microcirculation or cutaneous blood flow.
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Paratenons are enriched with an extensive capillary microcirculation.
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Muscle microcirculation is compromised by an intracompartmental pressure of 30 to 40 mm Hg or above.
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Coronary microcirculation abnormalities have been shown to play a pathophysiological role in patients with cardiac syndrome X.
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Repeated measure linear models were used to evaluate changes in microcirculation measures (vessel diameters, capillary numbers, and leukocyte behavior) over time.
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Human infection occurs when filariform larvae penetrate the intact skin and enter the venous microcirculation via the lymphatics.
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The vascular endothelium regulates vasomotor tone and is essential in regulating blood flow in the microcirculation of the free flap.
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Synonyms
A network of tiny blood vessels that carry blood through tissues
Surface Forms
Morphology
microcirculation = circulation (transparent) = micro + circul + ation
The meaning is straightforwardly the ordinary circulation of a smaller-than-normal scale, so the prefix adds a clear size restriction.
Etymology
Microcirculation comes from micro- meaning 'small' and circulate meaning 'to move around', the same root you see in the everyday word circle. So microcirculation is the 'small moving around' of blood — the tiny flow through the smallest vessels that brings oxygen and food to body tissues.