adj
Meaning 1
Lacking blood vessels.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: medicine, sciences
Examples
- An avascular mass was discovered during surgery.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: vascular
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adj
Lacking blood vessels.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: medicine, sciences
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: vascular
adjective
without blood vessels
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: vascular
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Hellenic *ə- Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-)der. English a- English vascular English avascular From a- + vascular.
Across languages
7 source translations are retained for this English entry.