Meanings
verbintravasate (third-person singular simple present intravasates, present participle intravasating, simple past and past participle intravasated)
present singular third person intravasates · participle present intravasating · participle past intravasated · past intravasated
- To invade a blood vessel or lymphatic vessel.
For blood vessel-borne metastasis, disseminated tumor cells (DTCs) intravasate into blood vessels and survive in the circulation.
2015 June 20, Lei Zhou et al., “The roles of microRNAs in the regulation of tumor metastasis”, in Cell & Bioscience, volume 5, →DOI
Origin
From intra- + vas + -ate (verb-forming suffix).
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APA
intravasate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/intravasate
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Chicago
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