vascularization

English

Alternative forms

• vascularisation

Etymology

Etymology tree

English vascular

Proto-Indo-European *-id-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti

Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō

Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor.

Late Latin -izōder.

Middle French -iserbor.

Middle English -isen

English -ize

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Indo-European *-Hō

Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō

Proto-Italic *-tiō

Latin -tiō

Latin -ātiōlbor.

Old French -ationbor.

Middle English -acioun

English -ation

English -ization

English vascularization

From vascular + -ization.

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Noun

vascularization (countable and uncountable, plural vascularizations)

1. the process of being vascularized.
2. (medicine) the formation of blood vessels and capillaries in living tissue
3. (botany) the formation of leaf veins

Derived terms

• avascularization
• devascularization
• extravascularization
• fibrovascularization
• hypervascularization
• hypovascularization
• microvascularization
• neovascularization
• overvascularization
• prevascularization

See also

• vasculature