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microcirculation

microcirculation

7.5
Blood flows through the smallest blood vessels, like capillaries
  • noun
  • /ˌmaɪkroʊˌsɜrkjʊˈleɪʃən/
  • Specialized
translation icon : microcirculación
  • Proper microcirculation is crucial for delivering oxygen to tissues and maintaining overall health.
  • coronary microcirculation
  • compromise the microcirculation
  • cutaneous microcirculation

Examples

  • Fasudil is principally used to treat cerebral vasospasm and improve brain microcirculation clinically.

    Academic text (2018)
  • Nitric oxide is a naturally occurring vasodilator in the microcirculation.

    Academic text (2002)
  • The ideal experiment would have investigated cutaneous microcirculation to mirror clinical applications.

    Academic text (2015)
  • Although these sprays have been widely used in clinical practice, little is known about their effect on microcirculation or cutaneous blood flow.

    Academic text (2015)
  • Paratenons are enriched with an extensive capillary microcirculation.

    Academic text (2007)
  • Muscle microcirculation is compromised by an intracompartmental pressure of 30 to 40 mm Hg or above.

    Academic text (2004)
  • Coronary microcirculation abnormalities have been shown to play a pathophysiological role in patients with cardiac syndrome X.

    Academic text (2007)
  • Repeated measure linear models were used to evaluate changes in microcirculation measures (vessel diameters, capillary numbers, and leukocyte behavior) over time.

    Academic text (2015)
  • Human infection occurs when filariform larvae penetrate the intact skin and enter the venous microcirculation via the lymphatics.

    Academic text (2007)
  • The vascular endothelium regulates vasomotor tone and is essential in regulating blood flow in the microcirculation of the free flap.

    Academic text (2012)

Synonyms

microvasculature
vsmicrocirculation
  • Specialized
8.5

A network of tiny blood vessels that carry blood through tissues

describes blood flow through those tiny vessels rather than the vessel network itself

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.