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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • transitive & intransitive verb To make or become vascular.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • To render vascular.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • verb To supply with, or to acquire vessels (that conduct fluid)

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • verb become vascular and have vessels that circulate fluids
  • verb make vascular

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Examples

  • Meanwhile, other cytokines tell the endometrial tissue to vascularize form new capillaries.

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  • Meanwhile, other cytokines tell the endometrial tissue to vascularize form new capillaries.

    Immune System Involvement with Endometriosis Field Notes 2007

  • So we need to build that out of bone and then vascularize (ph) it with skin, with blood vessels, and then build on top of that both bone, cartilage, as well as a skin cover.

    CNN Transcript May 14, 2007 2007

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