vasculate

English

Verb

vasculate (third-person singular simple present vasculates, present participle vasculating, simple past and past participle vasculated)

1. To pervade as (or like) veins; to produce vasculation (in).
   • 1962, Biological Review, page 8:

     The branches of the caudal renal artery vasculate the remaining parts of the kidney: the lateral sinus trunk carries blood to the central portion of the cranial half of the kidney, and the caudal sinus trunk supplies blood to the entire caudal half.

   • 2012 November 12, Richard E Miller, Epidemiology for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Professionals, Routledge, →ISBN, page 426:

     cardiovascular disease (CVD): A collection of disorders of the heart tissue/valves or the blood vessels vasculating the organ.

Synonyms

• vascularize

See also

• envein