"vascularization" meaning in English

See vascularization in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-vascularization.wav Forms: vascularizations [plural], vascularisation [alternative]
Etymology: From vascular + -ization. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|vascular|ization}} vascular + -ization Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} vascularization (countable and uncountable, plural vascularizations)
  1. the process of being vascularized. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-vascularization-en-noun-3hb-IS~v
  2. (medicine) the formation of blood vessels and capillaries in living tissue Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-vascularization-en-noun-FcKpkand Categories (other): Medicine, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ization, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 24 49 27 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ization: 28 42 30 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 27 47 25 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 27 48 25 Topics: medicine, sciences
  3. (botany) the formation of leaf veins Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-vascularization-en-noun-EML6P3J1 Categories (other): Botany Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: avascularization, devascularization, extravascularization, fibrovascularization, hypervascularization, hypovascularization, microvascularization, neovascularization, overvascularization, prevascularization Related terms: vasculature

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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