vascular

From New Latin vasculāris, from Latin vasculum, diminutive of vas (“vessel”).^[1]

• (Received Pronunciation, General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈvæskjələ/

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• (General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈvæskjəlɚ/

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vascular (not comparable)

1. (anatomy) Relating to the flow of fluids, such as blood, lymph, or sap, through the body of an animal or plant, or to the vessels that carry such fluids
   • 2013 March, Nancy Langston, “Mining the Boreal North”, in American Scientist‎^[1], volume 101, number 2, archived from the original on 13 April 2016, page 98:

     Reindeer are well suited to the taiga’s frigid winters. They can maintain a thermogradient between body core and the environment of up to 100 degrees, in part because of insulation provided by their fur, and in part because of counter-current vascular heat exchange systems in their legs and nasal passages.

• angio-

• avascular

• Blood vessel on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Borrowed from New Latin vāsculāris.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [bəs.kuˈlar]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [vəs.kuˈla]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [vas.kuˈlaɾ]
• Homophone: bascular
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

vascular m or f (masculine and feminine plural vasculars)

1. vascular

• cardiovascular

• “vascular” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “vascular”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “vascular” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “vascular” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

From New Latin vasculāris.

vascular m or f (plural vasculares)

1. vascular

• cardiovascular

• “vascular”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024

vascular (not comparable)

1. vascular

Borrowed from New Latin vāsculāris.

vascular m or f (plural vasculares)

1. (anatomy) vascular (of, pertaining to or containing blood vessels)

• cardiovascular

Borrowed from French vasculaire.

vascular m or n (feminine singular vasculară, masculine plural vasculari, feminine and neuter plural vasculare)

1. vascular

Borrowed from New Latin vasculāris.

• IPA^(key): /baskuˈlaɾ/ [bas.kuˈlaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: vas‧cu‧lar
• Homophone: bascular

vascular m or f (masculine and feminine plural vasculares)

1. vascular

• “vascular”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28