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Where does “hypervascular” come from?

hypervascular (English) comes from English vascular, from New Latin vascularis, from Latin vāsculum, from Latin -culum, from Proto-Italic -klom, from Proto-Indo-European -tlom, from Proto-Indo-European -trom, from Proto-Indo-European -tḗr — Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...

hypervascular (English): Extremely vascular; having many blood vessels

Definitions

  1. Extremely vascular; having many blood vessels

Ancestry of “hypervascular”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishvascularRelating to the flow of fluids, such as blood,...
2New Latinvascularisvascular
3Latinvāsculum—
4Latin-culumnominative neuter singular of -culus; accusative...
5Proto-Italic-klom—
6Proto-Indo-European-tlomAlternative form of *-trom
7Proto-Indo-European-tromForms nouns denoting a tool or instrument
8Proto-Indo-European-tḗrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
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