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vascular

English

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

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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.

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  1. ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “vascular”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Catalan

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Borrowed from New Latin vāsculāris.

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vascular m or f (masculine and feminine plural vasculars)

  1. vascular

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Galician

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From New Latin vasculāris.

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vascular m or f (plural vasculares)

  1. vascular

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Interlingua

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vascular (not comparable)

  1. vascular

Portuguese

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Borrowed from New Latin vāsculāris.

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vascular m or f (plural vasculares)

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

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Romanian

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Borrowed from French vasculaire.

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

  1. vascular

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singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative-
accusative 		indefinite vascular vasculară vasculari vasculare
definite vascularul vasculara vascularii vascularele
genitive-
dative 		indefinite vascular vasculare vasculari vasculare
definite vascularului vascularei vascularilor vascularelor

Spanish

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Borrowed from New Latin vasculāris.

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vascular m or f (masculine and feminine plural vasculares)

  1. vascular

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