vaso vasorum
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[edit]- (anatomy) Misspelling of vasa vasorum.
- 1878, Thomas Henry Green, An Introduction to pathology and morbid anatomy, page 301:
- These vessels communicate with the cavity of the thrombosed vessel, and with its vaso vasorum. (Fig. 128.)
- 1996, William E. Cohn and Ducksoo Kim, "Catheter apparatus and methodology for generating a fistula on-demand", US Patent 5830224, page 21:
- The tenuous vaso vasorum therefore remains preserved in the naturally occurring state, a circumstance which improves vascular patency.
- 2006, Morton J. Kern, SCAI Interventional Cardiology Board Review Book, page 5:
- New vasculature, under the influence of angiogenic growth factors, may grow from the vaso vasorum within the adventitia into the plaque.