collateral vessel

noun

Definitions

  1. A small blood vessel that connects to a main blood vessel and provides an alternate route…

    A small blood vessel that connects to a main blood vessel and provides an alternate route of perfusion, and not used by the circulatory system until needed.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for collateral vessel. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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