microcavitation

English

Etymology

micro- +‎ cavitation

Noun

microcavitation (uncountable)

1. microscopic cavitation
   • 2015 October 7, “A Gamma-Knife-Enabled Mouse Model of Cerebral Single-Hemisphere Delayed Radiation Necrosis”, in PLOS ONE‎^[1], →DOI:

     Changes include microhemorrhages, edema, vascular changes ranging from increased numbers of delicate telangiectatic vessels to fibrinoid vascular necrosis and hyalinization, development of foamy macrophages, infiltration of polymorphonuclear leukocytes, astrocytosis, and loss of tissue elements, ranging from neuronal loss to frank involvement of all tissue elements with microcavitation.