VASCULARIZE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does vascularize mean? 

• VASCULARIZE (verb)
  The verb VASCULARIZE has 2 senses:

1. become vascular and have vessels that circulate fluids

2. make vascular

  Familiarity information: VASCULARIZE used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• VASCULARIZE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they vascularize    ... he / she / it vascularizes   
Past simple: vascularized   
Past participle: vascularized   
-ing form: vascularizing   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Become vascular and have vessels that circulate fluids

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

vascularise; vascularize

Context example:

The egg yolk vascularized

Hypernyms (to "vascularize" is one way to...):

change (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature)

Verb group:

vascularise; vascularize (make vascular)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Derivation:

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

vascularization (the organic process whereby body tissue becomes vascular and develops capillaries)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Make vascular

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

vascularise; vascularize

Context example:

the yolk sac is gradually vascularized

Hypernyms (to "vascularize" is one way to...):

alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)

Verb group:

vascularise; vascularize (become vascular and have vessels that circulate fluids)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s something

Derivation:

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

vascularization (the organic process whereby body tissue becomes vascular and develops capillaries)

 Context examples 

It generally has a favorable prognosis and is characterized histologically by tumor cells arranged in a papillary manner around vascularized mucoid stromal cores. (Adapted from WHO).

(Myxopapillary Ependymoma, NCI Thesaurus)

The spinach leaf might be better suited for a highly vascularized tissue, like cardiac tissue, whereas the cylindrical hollow structure of the stem of Impatiens capensis (jewelweed) might better suit an arterial graft.

(Human Heart Cells Grown on Spinach Leaves, VOA News)

A richly vascularized and innervated connective tissue of mesodermal origin contained in the central cavity of a tooth and delimited by the dentin.

(Dental Pulp, NCI Thesaurus)

The highly vascularized outer layer of the endometrium facing the uterine cavity which develops over the course of the proliferative and secretory phases then degenerates and sloughs off during menstruation.

(Functional Layer of the Endometrium, NCI Thesaurus)

By combining environmentally-friendly plant tissue with perfusion-based decellularization, we have shown that there can be a sustainable solution for pre-vascularized tissue engineering scaffolds.

(Human Heart Cells Grown on Spinach Leaves, VOA News)