Meanings
nounvasculature (countable and uncountable, plural vasculatures)
plural vasculatures
- countableuncountableanatomyThe blood vessels or their arrangement in the body, or within an organ.
There were visible bruises, this close up, on the Emperor’s wrists, over the veins; inelastic skin and thin-walled vasculature insulted by what must have been countless injections.
2019, Arkady Martine, A Memory Called Empire, Tor, page 418
Origin
- Latinvāsculum“vessel”
- Englishvasculature
From Latin vāsculum (“vessel”) + a suffix -ature. Compare ossature, musculature.
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Chinese Mandarin 脈管系統 /脉管系统
- 脈管系統 /脉管系统 (màiguǎn xìtǒng)arrangement of blood vessels
Finnish verisuonisto, verisuonitus
- verisuonistoarrangement of blood vessels
- verisuonitusarrangement of blood vessels
French vasculature
- vasculaturearrangement of blood vessels
Persian آوندآرایی, رگارایی
- آوندآرایی (âvand-ârâyi)arrangement of blood vessels
- رگارایی (ragârâyi)arrangement of blood vessels
Polish unaczynienie
- unaczynieniearrangement of blood vessels
Portuguese vasculatura
- vasculaturaarrangement of blood vessels
Russian сосу́дистая сеть
- сосу́дистая сеть (sosúdistaja setʹ)arrangement of blood vessels
Spanish vasculatura
- vasculaturaarrangement of blood vessels
Cite this entry
APA
vasculature. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vasculature
MLA
“vasculature.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vasculature. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “vasculature,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vasculature.
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