VASCULAR STRUCTURE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does vascular structure mean? 

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

1. a structure composed of or provided with blood vessels

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• VASCULAR STRUCTURE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A structure composed of or provided with blood vessels

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

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

anatomical structure; bodily structure; body structure; complex body part; structure (a particular complex anatomical part of a living thing and its construction and arrangement)

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

pulp (the soft inner part of a tooth)

placenta (the vascular structure in the uterus of most mammals providing oxygen and nutrients for and transferring wastes from the developing fetus)