Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

collateral vessel

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.56 in modern English

Syllables: col-lat-er-al ves-sel
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

5

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A small blood vessel that connects to a main blood vessel and provides an alternate route of perfusion, and not used by the circulatory system until needed.

Inflected Forms

collateral vessels (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

collateral vein

Questions

What does collateral vessel mean?: A small blood vessel that connects to a main blood vessel and provides an alternate route of perfusion, and not used by the circulatory system until needed.

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