VASCULAR STRUCTURE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A structure composed of or provided with blood vessels

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("vascular structure" is a kind of...):

anatomical structure; bodily structure; body structure; complex body part; structure (a particular complex anatomical part of a living thing and its construction and arrangement)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "vascular structure"):

pulp (the soft inner part of a tooth)

placenta (the vascular structure in the uterus of most mammals providing oxygen and nutrients for and transferring wastes from the developing fetus)

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