Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The portion of the circulatory system composed of the smallest vessels, such as the capillaries, arterioles, and venules.
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- noun biology The smallest vessels of the
circulatory system: thecapillaries ,arterioles , andvenules
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Examples
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When applied to the skin, glutathione, via the phospholipid carrier, is able to penetrate various levels, reaching into the deep dermis and finally into the subdermal microvasculature, or the small blood vessels under the skin.
Forever Young M.D. Nicholas Perricone 2010
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Activated brain areas utilize more oxygen, which transiently decreases the levels of oxyhemoglobin and increases the levels of deoxyhemoglobin, and within seconds the brain microvasculature responds to the local change by increasing the flow of oxygen-rich blood into the active area.
Dan Agin: Neurobunk: Politics, Phrenics, and Brainscans 2008
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I should find fibrinoid changes in the renal microvasculature or early nephrosclerosis.
CRUEL AND UNUSUAL PATRICIA CORNWELL 1993
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I should find fibrinoid changes in the renal microvasculature or early nephrosclerosis.
CRUEL AND UNUSUAL PATRICIA CORNWELL 1993
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I should find fibrinoid changes in the renal microvasculature or early nephrosclerosis.
CRUEL AND UNUSUAL PATRICIA CORNWELL 1993
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I should find fibrinoid changes in the renal microvasculature or early nephrosclerosis.
CRUEL AND UNUSUAL PATRICIA CORNWELL 1993
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"Having the detailed microvasculature of the liver within a biocompatible, natural scaffold is a major advantage to growing liver tissue in a synthetic environment," says Basak Uygun,
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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"Having the detailed microvasculature of the liver within a biocompatible, natural scaffold is a major advantage to growing liver tissue in a synthetic environment," said research associate Basak Uygun, the paper's lead author.
The Money Times 2010
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We thus demonstrated that in the baboon intact pulmonary microvasculature, both adenosine - and papaverine-derived PFR thermo is approximately 1.5, in keeping with our recently published Doppler-derived PFR measures IMR evaluations of the coronary circulation seek to quantify microvascular integrity by estimating minimum achievable microvascular resistance, a related measure to maximal vascular flow reserve assessment with CFR.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Rahn Ilsar et al. 2010
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"Having the detailed microvasculature of the liver within a biocompatible, natural scaffold is a major advantage to growing liver tissue in a synthetic environment," says Basak Uygun,
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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