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vasculature

noun

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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈvæskjʊlət͡ʃə(ɹ)/

noun

Etymology: From Latin vāsculum (“vessel”) + a suffix -ature. Compare ossature, musculature.

  1. The blood vessels or their arrangement in the body, or within an organ.

    There were visible bruises, this close up, on the Emperor’s wrists, over the veins; inelastic skin and thin-walled vasculature insulted by what must have been countless injections.