intravasate en · VERB
Etymology
From intra- + vas + -ate (verb-forming suffix).
Meanings
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(of cancer cells) To invade a blood vessel or lymphatic vessel.
For blood vessel-borne metastasis, disseminated tumor cells (DTCs) intravasate into blood vessels and survive in the circulation.
2015 June 20, Lei Zhou et al., “The roles of microRNAs in the regulation of tumor metastasis”, in Cell & Bioscience, volume 5, →DOI:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| intravasated | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| intravasated | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| intravasates | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| intravasating | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |