microvascular

adjective

mi·cro·vas·cu·lar | \ ˌmī-krō-ˈva-skyə-lər

Definition of microvascular

: of, relating to, or constituting the part of the circulatory system made up of minute vessels (such as venules or capillaries) that average less than 0.3 millimeters in diameter

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Recent Examples on the Web In fact, cognitive decline and microvascular dysfunction are essentially universal consequences of long term smoking for everyone. — Gabriel A. Silva, Forbes, 6 June 2021 Recently, a study by the National Institutes of Health linked Covid and the body’s inflammatory response to microvascular blood-vessel damage in the brain. — New York Times, 21 Jan. 2021 The study mentions that treatments specifically targeting issues associated with COVID-19 like hyper-inflammation and microvascular thrombosis may have played a big role. — TheWeek, 27 June 2020 In an interview last week, board President Drew Engles, a hand and microvascular surgeon at Akron Children’s Hospital, said the 26-member board isn’t contemplating any changes in leadership, particularly to its eight-member executive committee. — Steven Litt, cleveland, 29 May 2020 This type of surgery is called microvascular reconstruction surgery. — Jacqueline Detwiler, Popular Mechanics, 1 Feb. 2020 The study reviewed the cases of 488 patients who underwent microvascular endothelial function assessment at Mayo Clinic between 2006 and 2014. — Mayo Clinic News Network, chicagotribune.com, 1 Nov. 2019 Scott Baio‘s wife Renee Baio revealed on Saturday that she was diagnosed with microvascular brain disease. — Dave Quinn, PEOPLE.com, 10 Mar. 2018 As Patel writes, the second stage of the latest ear transplant, known as microvascular free tissue transfer, only became popular in the late 1990s. — Julissa Treviño, Smithsonian, 16 May 2018

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microvascular

adjective

mi·cro·vas·cu·lar | \ ˌmī-krō-ˈvas-kyə-lər

Medical Definition of microvascular

: of, relating to, or constituting the part of the circulatory system made up of minute vessels (as venules or capillaries) that average less than 0.3 millimeters in diameter