Vaselor

Vaselor is the genitive and dative plural form of the Romanian noun vas, meaning vessel or container. In everyday language, vas refers to any container, but vaselor appears primarily in phrases that denote possession or relation, especially in medical and anatomical contexts when referring to blood vessels.

Etymology and form: Vas originates from Latin vas, vasis (vessel). The plural genitive/dative form vaselor is constructed with the standard Romanian plural ending and is used after prepositions to express ownership or relation, as in ale vaselor or prin vaselor de sânge. In anatomy, vaselor de sânge is the common construction for “blood vessels.”

Usage and examples: The form vaselor is typical in medical texts and clinical descriptions. For example, ruperea vaselor de sânge means rupture of the blood vessels, a phrase encountered in discussions of hemorrhage or vascular trauma. Another example is monitorizarea vaselor de sânge, referring to the monitoring of blood vessels, which is common in vascular medicine and imaging. It is important to distinguish vaselor from vasele, the nominative plural form used for ordinary containers.

Relation to related terms: Vaselor is tied to the base noun vas, which can refer to both everyday containers (vases or vessels) and biological vessels (blood vessels) depending on context. In Romanian, context and accompanying descriptors (such as de sânge) clarify whether the reference is anatomical or to a general container.

See also: vas, vase, Vasele de sânge, vascular system.