vascular system
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3.9
- noun
- /ˈvæskjələr ˈsɪstəm/
- Specialized
:
sistema vascular
- Her doctor explained how the vascular system helps circulate blood and oxygen throughout the body.
- a plant vascular system
Our heart rate decelerates, our vascular system, our vessels start to relax.
- Our heart rate decelerates, our vascular system, our vessels start to relax.
- The grapeseed extract has an affinity for the lining of our vascular system and our lungs.
- And I have a theory that dementia is just a disease of the vascular system.
- And people forget, but the vascular system and how constricted or dilated vessels are is controlled by neurons, right?
Examples
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The precise embryologic sequence of events has been difficult to formulate, given the complex nature of the vascular system in the head and neck.
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The surgery would repair her deteriorating vascular system, the thin-walled heart chambers, and the weakening muscles in her chest.
Fiction book (2000) -
Meanwhile, the water necessary for this conversion is carried up from the ground through a ubiquitous internal vascular system.
Blog text (24) -
From there, the metals enter the plant's vascular system for further transport to other parts of the plant and are ultimately deposited in leaf cells.
Academic text (2000) -
The grapeseed extract has an affinity for the lining of our vascular system and our lungs.
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Major long-term complications can affect the retinal, renal, neuronal, and vascular systems.
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Congenital vascular malformations are the result of aberrations within the maturation process of the vascular system.
Academic text (1998) -
Several studies have examined the effects of arginine on the vascular system (Boger et al., 1998; Maxwell et al., 2000).
Academic text (2002) -
Dr. von Hagens' Body Worlds invites visitors to observe the body's various locomotive, digestive nervous and vascular systems.
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Vascular malformations may be composed of any arterial, venous, capillary, or lymphatic component of the vascular system or any combination of these components.
Academic text (1998)
Synonyms
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3.3
Organs and blood vessels, including the heart, that move blood and a clear fluid called lymph around the body
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3.5
System of the heart and blood vessels that moves blood around the body
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7.8
A network of blood vessels in a person, animal, or plant
How Extensive
- Specialized
6
3.3
- Specialized
3
3.9
- Specialized
62
2.2
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'network of vessels...' is directly and compositionally derived from 'vascular' (relating to vessels that transport blood or sap) + 'system' (an ensemble of cooperating parts). This is a regular compound noun pattern found across languages, so a learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
The term vascular system comes from the idea of many small vessels, or tubes, working together as a system. So, it means the body's network of tubes that carry fluids like 'blood' in animals or 'sap' in plants.