vascular spider
- noun
- Specialized
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araña vascular
- The doctor identified the red mark on her cheek as a vascular spider.
Examples
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Many people develop vascular spiders as they age.
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He was concerned about several vascular spiders that appeared on his forearms.
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Chronic liver disease can lead to the appearance of vascular spiders on the skin.
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She has a small vascular spider on her arm.
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Chronic liver disease can lead to the appearance of vascular spiders on the skin.
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He was concerned about several vascular spiders that appeared on his forearms.
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The doctor identified the red mark on her cheek as a vascular spider.
Synonyms
A small red mark on the skin with a dot in the middle and thin red lines like a spider
A small red spot on the skin with short red lines spreading like a spider
A small widened blood vessel near the skin that looks like a thin red line
A small widened blood vessel near the skin or inside the mouth that you can see
How Visible
Surface Forms
Morphology
The term combines 'vascular' (relating to blood vessels) with a metaphorical use of 'spider' (suggesting thin radiating lines), so a learner who knows both words can plausibly infer a blood-vessel mark with spider‑like radiating vessels. However, it is a somewhat specialized medical label and the precise clinical sense (a small central red spot with dilated capillaries) is not fully predictable for a B1 learner, so the transparency is partial.
Etymology
The name vascular spider comes from the image of a small red dot on the skin with thin blood vessels that spread out like a spider's legs, and vascular means those tiny blood vessels. That's why it means 'a small red mark' made of 'tiny blood vessels' on the skin.