vascularized

[ vas-kyuh-luh-rahyzd ]

adjective

1. rendered vascular by the formation of new blood vessels.
2. vascular.

Word History and Origins

Origin of vascularized¹

First recorded in 1955–60; vascularize + -ed ²

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