revascularizationn.
/ˌriːvaskjᵿlərʌɪˈzeɪʃn/, U.S. /ˈˌriˌvæskjələˌraɪˈzeɪʃ(ə)n/ Medicine.
The development or creation of a new blood supply to a part of the body, graft, etc., after loss or interruption of the normal blood supply.
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1903 Royal London Ophthalmic Hosp. Rep. 15 373 The process of revascularisation seems to proceed at a very constant rate in all the cases considered.
1924 Jrnl. Pathol. & Bacteriol. 27 205 Revascularisation of the lobule takes place.
1954 L. C. Martin & M. Hynes Clin. Endocrinol. (ed. 2) i. 4 If the grafts were placed at a distance away from the portal trunks revascularization from other vessels was not followed by active function.
1994 Guardian 26 July ii. 13/4 The 30 minute operation (transmyocardial revascularisation by carbon dioxide laser) involves making a seven inch incision in the chest to expose the beating heart.
2007 Wall St. Jrnl. 27 Mar. d2/4 Studies show that ‘revascularization’—including both stentings and bypass surgeries—prevents deaths and heart attacks, when compared with drugs alone.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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