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avascular

 
Dictionary: a·vas·cu·lar   (ā-văs'kyə-lər) pronunciation
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adj.
Not associated with or supplied by blood vessels.

avascularity a·vas'cu·lar'i·ty (-lăr'ĭ-tē) n.

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Sports Science and Medicine: avascular
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Applied to body structures that do not have blood vessels.

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(ā-văs'kyə-lər)
adj.

Not associated with or supplied by blood vessels.

a·vas'cu·lar'i·ty (-lăr'ĭ-tē) n.
Veterinary Dictionary: avascular
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Not vascular; bloodless.

  • a. necrosis of the femoral head — see legg–calvé–perthes disease.
  • a. chorion — the normally avascular and villous tips of the chorioallantoic membranes in pig, sheep and cattle placentas; colored white to brown, wrinkled; called also the necrotic tips.
WordNet: avascular
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The adjective has one meaning:

Meaning #1: without blood vessels
  Antonym: vascular (meaning #1)

 
 

 

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Medical Dictionary. The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company.  Read more
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