micrangium

plural micrangiums · plural micrangia

1. ChinesetraditionalmedicineA capillary.

   Pulmonary vessels and micrangiums are rather intact and very rarely split as observed from tissue serial sections under electron microscope (human and guinea pig).

   1984, He-Guang Wu, De-Cheng Luo, Chinese Medicine Modern Chinese Medicine, Volume 2

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   Based on a method of composite integral values assigned for the states of microcirculatory change detected in vivo, under the optical microscope, under the electron microscope and in post-radiation vascular penetrability, the Military Academy of Medical Sciences divided the micrangia of 20 organ tissues into 5 categories of radiation sensitivity:

   1985, China Report: Science and Technology - Issues 17-20, page 122

   These included increased permeability of the micrangium, distortion of the microscopic blood vessels, slowing of blood circulation, and irregular, shortened blood vessels.

   2006, Hoy Ping Yee Chan, Acupuncture for Stroke Rehabilitation: Three Decades of Information, →ISBN, page 69

   Indeed, there has been evidence showing that acupuncture could promote tonicity of the micrangium and reduce peripheral resistance, thus improving microcirculation (Qi 1994).

   2010, Ying Xia, Xiaoding Cao, Gen-Cheng Wu, Acupuncture Therapy for Neurological Diseases: A Neurobiological View, →ISBN, page 302