intravasate

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

intra- +‎ vas +‎ -ate

Verb[edit]

intravasate (third-person singular simple present intravasates, present participle intravasating, simple past and past participle intravasated)

  1. (of cancer cells) To invade a blood vessel or lymphatic vessel
    • 2015 June 20, Lei Zhou et al., “The roles of microRNAs in the regulation of tumor metastasis”, in Cell & Bioscience[1], volume 5, →DOI:
      For blood vessel-borne metastasis, disseminated tumor cells (DTCs) intravasate into blood vessels and survive in the circulation.

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