English Explanatory Dictionary

vasa vasorum

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The capillaries that supply blood to vessels larger than 1 mm. They supply blood to the adventitia and middle tunicae.

Word forms

vasa vasorum

Etymology

From the Latin vāsa, plural of vās (“vessel”) + vāsōrum, the genitive plural of vās (“vessel”). Meaning "vessels of the vessels."

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