Vasculature
//ˈvæskjʊlət͡ʃə(ɹ)// noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The blood vessels or their arrangement in the body, or within an organ. countable, uncountable
"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."
Example
More examples"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."
Etymology
From Latin vāsculum (“vessel”) + a suffix -ature. Compare ossature, musculature.
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