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Where does “microvascular” come from?

Microvascular combines micro- from Ancient Greek μικρός meaning small with vascular from Latin vas meaning vessel, modified by the adjectival suffix -aris.

microvascular (English): Of or pertaining to extremely small blood vessels

Definitions

  1. Of or pertaining to extremely small blood vessels

Ancestry of “microvascular”, 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...

Words derived from “microvascular”

  • transmicrovascular
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tḗr →