Meanings
- not comparableanatomyRelating 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
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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.
2013 March 28, Nancy Langston, “Mining the Boreal North”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 2, archived from the original on 13 Apr 2016, page 98Synonyms: angio-
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveRelating 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
More synonyms by meaning
adjectiveof or relating to or having vessels that conduct and circulate fluids
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Origin
- Latinvasculum
- New Latinvasculāris
- Englishvascular
From New Latin vasculāris, from Latin vasculum, diminutive of vas (“vessel”).
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Bulgarian съдов
- съдов (sădov)of, pertaining to or containing vessels
Catalan vascular
- vascularof, pertaining to or containing vessels
Chinese Mandarin 脉管的, 导管的
- 脉管的of, pertaining to or containing vessels
- 导管的of, pertaining to or containing vessels
- 血管的of, pertaining to or containing vessels
Czech cévní
- cévníof, pertaining to or containing vessels
Finnish verenkierto-, vaskulaarinen
- verenkierto-of, pertaining to or containing vessels
- vaskulaarinenof, pertaining to or containing vessels
French vasculaire
- vasculaireof, pertaining to or containing vessels
German vaskulär, vaskular
- vaskulärof, pertaining to or containing vessels
- vaskularof, pertaining to or containing vessels
Greek αγγειακός
- αγγειακός (angeiakós)of, pertaining to or containing vessels
Hungarian vaszkuláris, érrendszeri
- vaszkulárisof, pertaining to or containing vessels
- érrendszeriof, pertaining to or containing vessels
Irish soithíoch, feadánach
- soithíochof, pertaining to or containing vessels
- feadánachof, pertaining to or containing vessels
Italian vascolare
- vascolareof, pertaining to or containing vessels
Persian آوندی, رگی
- آوندی (âvandi)of, pertaining to or containing vessels
- رگی (ragi)of, pertaining to or containing vessels
- عروقی ('oruqi)of, pertaining to or containing vessels
Polish naczyniowy
- naczyniowyof, pertaining to or containing vessels
Portuguese vascular
- vascularof, pertaining to or containing vessels
Romanian vascular
- vascularof, pertaining to or containing vessels
Russian сосу́дистый, васкуля́рный
- сосу́дистый (sosúdistyj)of, pertaining to or containing vessels
- васкуля́рный (vaskuljárnyj)of, pertaining to or containing vessels
Scottish Gaelic seòmarach
- seòmarachof, pertaining to or containing vessels
Spanish vascular
- vascularof, pertaining to or containing vessels
Turkish vasküler
- vaskülerof, pertaining to or containing vessels
Ukrainian суди́нний, васкуля́рний
- суди́нний (sudýnnyj)of, pertaining to or containing vessels
- васкуля́рний (vaskuljárnyj)of, pertaining to or containing vessels
Cite this entry
vascular. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vascular
“vascular.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vascular. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “vascular,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vascular.
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