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Vascular

//ˈvæskjələ// adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Relating to the flow of fluids, such as blood, lymph, or sap, through the body of an animal or plant, or to the vessels that carry such fluids not-comparable

    "Reindeer are well suited to the taiga’s frigid winters. They can maintain a thermogradient between body core and the environment of up to 100 degrees, in part because of insulation provided by their fur, and in part because of counter-current vascular heat exchange systems in their legs and nasal passages."

Adjective
  1. 1
    of or relating to or having vessels that conduct and circulate fluids wordnet

Etymology

From New Latin vasculāris, from Latin vasculum, diminutive of vas (“vessel”).

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