vasculopermeability

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Etymology[edit]

vasculo- +‎ permeability

Noun[edit]

vasculopermeability (uncountable)

  1. (anatomy) Vascular permeability (the permeability of blood vessel walls).
    • 2001 November, HF Fine, “Aqueous humor and plasma vascular endothelial growth factor in uveitis-associated cystoid macular edema”, in American Journal of Ophthalmology, volume 132, number 5, page 794:
      Vascular endothelial growth factor is over 50,000 times more potent than is histamine at inducing vasculopermeability.