adj
vascular
VASK-yuh-luh
adj
1
Relating to the vessels — such as veins, arteries, or plant tubes — that carry fluids like blood or sap through a living body.
"The surgeon specialized in vascular problems affecting blood flow to the legs."
"Ferns and flowering plants are vascular, meaning they have internal tubes to move water and nutrients."
How to Use Vascular
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishVascular describes anything to do with the tubes and vessels that carry fluids through animals or plants, most often blood vessels.
Common pairings
vascular system
vascular disease
vascular plant
vascular surgeon
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Etymology
From New Latin vascularis, based on Latin vasculum, a little vessel, itself a diminutive of vas, "vessel."