vaso vasorum

English

Alternative forms

• vaso-vasorum
• vasovasorum

Noun

vaso vasorum

1. (anatomy) Misspelling of vasa vasorum.
   • 1878, Thomas Henry Green, An Introduction to pathology and morbid anatomy, page 301:

     These vessels communicate with the cavity of the thrombosed vessel, and with its vaso vasorum. (Fig. 128.)

   • 1996, William E. Cohn and Ducksoo Kim, "Catheter apparatus and methodology for generating a fistula on-demand", US Patent 5830224, page 21:

     The tenuous vaso vasorum therefore remains preserved in the naturally occurring state, a circumstance which improves vascular patency.

   • 2006, Morton J. Kern, SCAI Interventional Cardiology Board Review Book, page 5:

     New vasculature, under the influence of angiogenic growth factors, may grow from the vaso vasorum within the adventitia into the plaque.