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avascular

adj · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

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

2

adjective

Meaning 2

without blood vessels

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: vascular

History

Etymology

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

Translations

7 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Finnish: verisuoneton — Lacking blood vessels
  • Finnish: avaskulaarinen — Lacking blood vessels
  • Greek: ανάγγειος (anángeios) — Lacking blood vessels
  • Indonesian: avaskular — Lacking blood vessels
  • Italian: avascolare — Lacking blood vessels
  • Portuguese: avascular — Lacking blood vessels
  • Spanish: avascular — Lacking blood vessels