VASCULAR SYSTEM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does vascular system mean? 

• VASCULAR SYSTEM (noun)
  The noun VASCULAR SYSTEM has 1 sense:

1. the vessels and tissue that carry or circulate fluids such as blood or lymph or sap through the body of an animal or plant

  Familiarity information: VASCULAR SYSTEM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• VASCULAR SYSTEM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The vessels and tissue that carry or circulate fluids such as blood or lymph or sap through the body of an animal or plant

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("vascular system" is a kind of...):

system (a group of physiologically or anatomically related organs or parts)

Meronyms (parts of "vascular system"):

vas; vessel (a tube in which a body fluid circulates)

vascular tissue (tissue that conducts water and nutrients through the plant body in higher plants)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "vascular system"):

water vascular system (system of fluid-filled tubes used by echinoderms in locomotion and feeding and respiration)

portal system (system of veins that carry blood from the abdominal organs to the liver)

lymphatic system; systema lymphaticum (the interconnected system of spaces and vessels between body tissues and organs by which lymph circulates throughout the body)

cardiovascular system; circulatory system (the organs and tissues involved in circulating blood and lymph through the body)

Holonyms ("vascular system" is a part of...):

body; organic structure (the entire physical structure of an organism (an animal, plant, or human being))

tracheophyte; vascular plant (green plant having a vascular system: ferns, gymnosperms, angiosperms)

 Context examples 

The vascular system includes arteries, veins, and capillaries.

(Arteriovenous Malformations, NIH: National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)

Upon administration, iobitridol is distributed through the vascular system and interstitial space.

(Iobitridol, NCI Thesaurus)

It goes through the vascular system to the spleen.

(Immature B-Lymphocyte, NCI Thesaurus)

An aggressive malignant smooth muscle neoplasm, arising from the walls of the vascular system.

(Leiomyosarcoma of the Vessels, NCI Thesaurus)

A layer of extracellular matrix found beneath the single pavement layer of cells which line the luminal surface of the entire vascular system.

(Basal Lamina of the Vascular Endothelium, NCI Thesaurus)

A device consisting of flexible biocompatible membranes, implantable in the cardio-vascular system, designed to prevent retrograde flow of blood but not impede a forward flow.

(Cusp Device Component, NCI Thesaurus)

The leakage of body fluid or cells from the vascular system to the surrounding tissues.

(Extravasation, NCI Thesaurus)

VEGFR-3 plays a critical role in the embryonic vascular system development but is restricted postnatally to endothelial cells of lymphatic vessels and found to be expressed in many solid and hematologic malignancies.

(Anti-VEGFR3 Monoclonal Antibody IMC-3C5, NCI Thesaurus)

The researchers also found that vitamin D-3 significantly reduces oxidative stress in the vascular system.

(Vitamin D-3 Could 'Reverse' Damage to Heart, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

The presence of bubbles of gas in the vascular system; occurrence is related to the entry of air into the venous circulation following trauma or surgery.

(Air Embolism, NCI Thesaurus)