vascularize

[ vas-kyuh-luh-rahyz ]

verb (used without object)

, Biology.

, vas·cu·lar·ized, vas·cu·lar·iz·ing.

1. (of a tissue or embryo) to develop or extend blood vessels or other fluid-bearing vessels or ducts; become vascular.

verb (used with object)

, Biology, Surgery.

, vas·cu·lar·ized, vas·cu·lar·iz·ing.

1. to supply (an organ or tissue) with blood vessels.

Other Words From

• vascu·lar·i·zation noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of vascularize¹

First recorded in 1890–95; vascular + -ize

Example Sentences

Although eye transplants have been done in rodents with some success, the animals’ eyes are much smaller and less vascularized than those of humans.

From Scientific American

Earlier this year, for example, scientists 3D-printed a working, vascularized heart using human cells.

From Fox News

That’s because these vascularized tissues are hard to build up in traditional solid layer-by-layer 3D printing without constructing supporting scaffolding that can later prove impossible to remove.

From Science Magazine

For the first time in recorded history, scientists have created a working, vascularized engineered heart using human cells by printing it in 3D.

From Fox News

In September, George Church of Harvard Medical School — it was he who delayed trying to give brain organoids a blood supply — told a small meeting that his lab had vascularized brain organoids.

From Scientific American