How to Use vascular in a Sentence

vascular

adjective
Definition of vascularnext
  • In all 12 cases, the cause of death was found within the lungs or the pulmonary vascular system.
    — Elizabeth Cooney, STAT, 6 May 2020
  • Looking at the leaves, the tree appears to have some kind of vascular infection, as well.
    — oregonlive, 13 Nov. 2022
  • The group showed that in a mouse model, the vaccine did increase vascular leakage.
    — Gretchen Vogel, Science | AAAS, 22 Apr. 2021
  • These types of vascular tumors are benign, but mine had burst, and blood was pooling in my brain.
    — Danielle Soviero, Bon Appétit, 30 June 2022
  • An ultrasound confirmed the bleeding, and a vascular surgeon was called in to try to stop it.
    — Los Angeles Times, 14 July 2021
  • The near-boiling water causes all the water in the vascular elements to heat up and expand and force the air out.
    — Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 9 Feb. 2024
  • Nitrogen might help, even to the point of having the arborist inject it into the vascular system of the tree.
    — Neil Sperry, ExpressNews.com, 11 June 2020
  • An X-ray found no fractures or vascular injuries in her hand, which was put in a finger splint.
    — Tribune News Service, Hartford Courant, 26 Apr. 2024
  • Apply Cut Vine and Stump Killer to a fresh pruning cut, and it gets translocated through the vascular system into the roots to kill the plant.
    — Calvin Finch, San Antonio Express-News, 5 Feb. 2021
  • Today, the hospital’s heart and vascular unit is named for him.
    — David Heath, USA Today, 17 June 2021
  • Pits on these tracheids (black) allow water to pass in and out of the cells and into the vascular system.
    — Andrea Gawrylewski, Scientific American, 9 Oct. 2020
  • Is that an aneurysm waiting to burst, or a harmless vascular variant?
    — Dhruv Khullar, The New Yorker, 12 Jan. 2024
  • The cause was vascular dementia, said Tony Platt, a longtime friend.
    — New York Times, 29 June 2021
  • The cause was vascular dementia, said a son, Rolf McQueary.
    — Washington Post, 8 Oct. 2021
  • The vascular neck restraint puts pressure on the carotid arteries, reducing blood flow to the brain.
    — Andrew Wolfson, The Courier-Journal, 20 Apr. 2021
  • Some physicians have critiqued the focus on more milder vascular disease, which can have a range of symptoms.
    — Annie Waldman, ProPublica, 12 Dec. 2023
  • The class will cover what vascular dementia is, its causes and what folks can do to help prevent the disease.
    — Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Apr. 2022
  • The surgery was performed by vascular surgeon Dr. Gregory Pearl in Dallas and removed the aneurysm and repaired the artery.
    — Tim Booth, Star Tribune, 28 May 2021
  • Our bodies need a vascular system to bring oxygen and nutrients to the cells and organs.
    — Geri Stengel, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2023
  • Cook said there have been two instances of officers using vascular neck restraints in the last five years.
    — Dallas News, 9 June 2020
  • Early researchers thought it might be used to improve the vascular system.
    — Eleanor Cummins, The New Republic, 10 Aug. 2022
  • At the graft site, the plants form a kind of scar, or callus, that reestablishes the flow of water and nutrients through vascular tissues across the wound and sometimes gives rise to new shoots.
    — Quanta Magazine, 20 Jan. 2021
  • Giant pumpkins, like most plants, have a vascular system that moves and distributes water and nutrients to the plant and fruit, called the xylem and phloem.
    — Monica Cull, Discover Magazine, 21 Oct. 2022
  • One of the worst-case scenarios is a vascular occlusion, which occurs if filler has caused the blood flow through an important artery to stop.
    — Lauren Valenti, Vogue, 17 Aug. 2022
  • The researchers are interested in adding a vascular system that could help the skin sustain itself, grow nails and even sweat.
    — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 11 June 2022
  • His father is a vascular surgeon, and his brother, also a nurse, traveled to New York City to help with the coronavirus surge there.
    — Lauren Caruba, San Antonio Express-News, 12 June 2020
  • His son, Lawrence, said the cause was complications of lymphoma, vascular disease and Covid.
    — Neil Genzlinger, New York Times, 22 Dec. 2022
  • One area that has become perilous for patients is vascular medicine.
    — Annie Waldman, ProPublica, 9 Aug. 2023
  • At such an event earlier this year, two dozen guests gathered to hear vascular surgeon Dr. Rizwan H. Bukhari speak on the link between diet and health.
    — Valerie Jarvie, Dallas News, 29 Sep. 2020
  • Additional injury updates Tristan Beck (vascular injury) threw a bullpen on Friday and will start throwing live bullpens next week.
    — Justice Delos Santos, The Mercury News, 26 July 2024

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