pericollateral

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adjective

Surrounding a collateral artery.

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Meanings

adjectivepericollateral (not comparable)
  1. not comparableSurrounding a collateral artery.
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    This is also supported by the remarkably similar phenotypes of mice deficient for the cognate receptor of MCP-1, CCR-2 [5 ], and MK2 in the mouse model of HLI. Both show strongly impaired growth of collaterals and pericollateral recruitment of macrophages associated with marked impairment of ischemic blood flow recovery.

    2015 October 3, “MAP-Kinase Activated Protein Kinase 2 Links Endothelial Activation and Monocyte/macrophage Recruitment in Arteriogenesis”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin

From peri- + collateral.

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APA

pericollateral. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pericollateral

MLA

“pericollateral.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pericollateral. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pericollateral,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pericollateral.

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