Intravasate

verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To invade a blood vessel or lymphatic vessel.

    "For blood vessel-borne metastasis, disseminated tumor cells (DTCs) intravasate into blood vessels and survive in the circulation."

Example

More examples

"For blood vessel-borne metastasis, disseminated tumor cells (DTCs) intravasate into blood vessels and survive in the circulation."

Etymology

From intra- + vas + -ate (verb-forming suffix).

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