revascularize

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English

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Etymology

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From re- +‎ vascularize.

Verb

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revascularize (third-person singular simple present revascularizes, present participle revascularizing, simple past and past participle revascularized)

  1. To vascularize again.
    • 2015 August 5, Emrah Ipek et al., “Traumatic Coronary Artery Dissection in a Young Woman after a Kick to Her Back”, in The Korean Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery[1], volume 48, →DOI:
      On the second postoperative day, although the patient’s LAD artery had been revascularized by a saphenous vein graft, her left ventricular ejection fraction remained as low as 10%–15%, leading to ventricular failure.