VASCULARITY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does vascularity mean? 

• VASCULARITY (noun)
  The noun VASCULARITY has 1 sense:

1. the property being vascular

  Familiarity information: VASCULARITY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• VASCULARITY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The property being vascular

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Context example:

a prominent vascularity

Hypernyms ("vascularity" is a kind of...):

property (a basic or essential attribute shared by all members of a class)

Derivation:

vascular (of or relating to or having vessels that conduct and circulate fluids)

 Context examples 

An uncommon lipoma characterized by prominent vascularity that invades the surrounding deep tissue.

(Infiltrating Angiolipoma, NCI Thesaurus)

The elevated activity of this agent in normal tissues results from both the relative abundance of alkaline phosphatase in normal tissues and the greater vascularity of normal tissues compared to tumor tissues.

(Amifostine, NCI Thesaurus)

However, abnormal vascularity or disruption of the blood-brain barrier allows accumulation of gadoversetamide.

(Gadoversetamide, NCI Thesaurus)

Often there is also an increased vascularity and tumor necrosis.

(Mouse Anaplastic Oligoastrocytoma, NCI Thesaurus/MMHCC)

This agent may be of use in visualizing and quantifying the development of tumor vascularity in response to antiangiogenic agents.

(Fluciclatide F-18, NCI Thesaurus)

Similar to astrocytic glial tumors, these higher grade lesions show increased vascularity and tumor necrosis.

(Mouse Anaplastic Oligodendroglioma, NCI Thesaurus/MMHCC)

Histologically, choriocarcinomas consist of invasive and anaplastic trophoblastic tissue composed of cytotrophoblastic and syncytiotrophoblastic cells, secretion of human chorionic gonadotropin, and abundant vascularity.

(Gestational Choriocarcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

Gadopentetate dimeglumine may provide contrast enhancement during magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of intracranial lesions with abnormal vascularity or of abnormalities in the blood-brain barrier (BBB).

(Gadopentetate dimeglumine, NCI Thesaurus)

An uncommon lipoma characterized by prominent vascularity that arises in the epidural space of the spinal canal.

(Epidural Spinal Canal Angiolipoma, NCI Thesaurus)

A lipoma with prominent vascularity.

(Angiolipoma, NCI Thesaurus)