vasculature

/ˈvæskjʊlət͡ʃə(ɹ)/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.28 in modern English

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noun

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."

From Latin vāsculum (“vessel”) + a suffix -ature. Compare ossature, musculature.

vasculatures (plural)

bronchovasculature cardiovasculature cerebrovasculature endovasculature hypervasculature macrovasculature microvasculature neovasculature neurovasculature perivasculature

Questions

How do you pronounce vasculature?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˈvæskjʊlət͡ʃə(ɹ)/.

What does vasculature mean?

The blood vessels or their arrangement in the body, or within an organ.

Where does vasculature come from?

It is traced to Latin.

How to pronounce vasculature

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