vasculature

English

Etymology

From Latin vāsculum (“vessel”) + a suffix -ature. Compare ossature, musculature.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvæskjʊlət͡ʃə(ɹ)/

Noun

vasculature (countable and uncountable, plural vasculatures)

1. (anatomy) The blood vessels or their arrangement in the body, or within an organ.
   • 2019, Arkady Martine, A Memory Called Empire, Tor, page 418:

     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.

Derived terms

• hypervasculature
• neovasculature

Translations

arrangement of blood vessels

Chinese: Mandarin: 脈管系統 / 脉管系统 (màiguǎn xìtǒng) Danish: please add this translation if you can Finnish: verisuonisto (body); verisuonitus (organ) French: vasculature f Persian: آوندآرایی (âvand-ârâyi), رگارایی (ragârâyi) Polish: unaczynienie n Portuguese: vasculatura f Russian: сосу́дистая сеть f (sosúdistaja setʹ) Spanish: vasculatura f