Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

microvascular

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.15 in modern English

Syllables: mi-crovas-cu-lar
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or pertaining to extremely small blood vessels

Example Sentences

"“Instead of the capsules, it’s this microvascular network that circulates and delivers the healing agent,” Dr. Sottos said."

Etymology

From micro- + vascular.

Derived Forms

cardiomicrovascular cerebromicrovascular neuromicrovascular transmicrovascular

Questions

What does microvascular mean?: Of or pertaining to extremely small blood vessels
Where does microvascular come from?: From micro- + vascular.

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