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VASCULAR STRUCTURE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A structure composed of or provided with blood vessels
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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)