vaskuläres

Vaskuläres is a German adjective meaning vascular, relating to blood vessels or the vascular system. It is used in medical and anatomical language to describe tissues, organs, diseases, or processes that involve vessels such as arteries, veins, and capillaries. In German, the form vaskuläres (neuter singular) is commonly seen before neuter nouns, for example das vaskuläre System.

Origin and usage context: The term is derived from the root vas-/vascul-, which denotes vessels, and follows standard German adjectival inflection. It aligns with similar terms in other languages, such as English vascular or Swedish vaskulär, and appears throughout medical literature, anatomy texts, and diagnostic reports to specify vessel-related characteristics.

Common contexts and examples: Das vaskuläre System refers to the network of blood vessels within the body. Vaskuläre Erkrankungen describe diseases affecting vessels, such as arteriosklerose or aneurysmen. In imaging and pathology, vaskuläre Anomalien or vaskuläre Strukturen describe vessel-related findings. The phrase vaskuläres Endothel might be used when discussing the lining of blood vessels, and vascular-related conditions often appear in terms like vaskuläre Demenz (vascular dementia) in clinical discussions.

Notes on grammar: The ending of vaskuläres changes with gender and case of the noun it modifies. The neuter nominative/accusative form is vaskuläres System, while other inflections occur with different nouns and grammatical cases.

See also: vascular, vasculature, angiopathy.