COLLATERAL CIRCULATION
\kəlˈatəɹə͡l sˌɜːkjʊlˈe͡ɪʃən], \kəlˈatəɹəl sˌɜːkjʊlˈeɪʃən], \k_ə_l_ˈa_t_ə_ɹ_əl s_ˌɜː_k_j_ʊ_l_ˈeɪ_ʃ_ə_n]\
Definitions of COLLATERAL CIRCULATION
- 2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
- 1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms.
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
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Maintenance of blood flow to an organ despite obstruction of a principal vessel. Blood flow is maintained through small vessels.
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By Henderson, I. F.; Henderson, W. D.
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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The circulation of blood through vessels which, being ordinarily small and of comparatively little importance, become enlarged to compensate for the complete or partial closure of the main vessels of a part, with which they communicate on both the proximal and the distal side of the obstruction.
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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