vascular functions
1Vascular — Vas cu*lar, a. [L. vasculum a small vessel, dim. of vas vessel: cf. F. vasculaire. See {Vase}, and cf. Vessel.] [1913 Webster] 1. (Biol.) (a) Consisting of, or containing, vessels as an essential part of a structure; full of vessels; specifically …
2Vascular plants — Vascular Vas cu*lar, a. [L. vasculum a small vessel, dim. of vas vessel: cf. F. vasculaire. See {Vase}, and cf. Vessel.] [1913 Webster] 1. (Biol.) (a) Consisting of, or containing, vessels as an essential part of a structure; full of vessels;… …
3Vascular system — Vascular Vas cu*lar, a. [L. vasculum a small vessel, dim. of vas vessel: cf. F. vasculaire. See {Vase}, and cf. Vessel.] [1913 Webster] 1. (Biol.) (a) Consisting of, or containing, vessels as an essential part of a structure; full of vessels;… …
4Vascular tissue — Vascular Vas cu*lar, a. [L. vasculum a small vessel, dim. of vas vessel: cf. F. vasculaire. See {Vase}, and cf. Vessel.] [1913 Webster] 1. (Biol.) (a) Consisting of, or containing, vessels as an essential part of a structure; full of vessels;… …
5vascular — adj. of, made up of, or containing vessels for conveying blood or sap etc. (vascular functions; vascular tissue). Phrases and idioms: vascular plant a plant with conducting tissue. Derivatives: vascularity n. vascularize v.tr. (also ise).… …
6Vascular endothelial growth factor — (VEGF) a sub family of growth factors, more specifically of platelet derived growth factor family of cystine knot growth factors. They are important signaling proteins involved in both vasculogenesis (the de novo formation of the embryonic… …
7Vascular endothelial growth factor B — is a vascular endothelial growth factorcite web | title = Entrez Gene: VEGFB vascular endothelial growth factor B| url = http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=gene Cmd=ShowDetailView TermToSearch=7423| accessdate = ] PBB Summary section… …
8Vascular endothelial growth inhibitor — (VEGI) is an anti angiogenic [ [http://www.ihop net.org/UniPub/iHOP/gs/95120.html Hoffmann, R., Valencia, A. A gene network for navigating the literature. Nature Genetics 36, 664 (2004)] ] protein. It belongs to tumor necrosis factor (ligand)… …
9Vascular endothelial growth factor A — (VEGF A) is the most important type of Vascular endothelial growth factors. Before the discovery of similar proteins to what now is the VEGF sub family , VEGF A was called simply VEGF.As its name implies, VEGF A activity has been mostly studied… …
10vascular dementia — n dementia (as multi infarct dementia) of abrupt or gradual onset that is caused by cerebrovascular disease * * * [DSM IV] dementia with a stepwise deteriorating course (a series of small strokes) and a patchy distribution of neurologic deficits… …
