vascularize

US: (vas′kyə lə rīz′)

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vas•cu•lar•ize  (vas′kyə lə rīz′), v., -ized, -iz•ing. 
v.i. Biol. 

1. Surgery, Developmental Biology, Physiology (of a tissue or embryo) to develop or extend blood vessels or other fluid-bearing vessels or ducts;
   become vascular.

v.t. [Biol., Surg.]

2. Surgery, Developmental Biology, Physiology to supply (an organ or tissue) with blood vessels.

Also,[esp. Brit.,] vas′cu•lar•ise′. 

• vascular + -ize 1890–95

vas′cu•lar•i•za′tion, n.