HealthAugust 17, 2026

renovascular

REE-no-VAS-kyuh-ler

Definition

Relating to or involving both the kidneys and the blood vessels.

Etymology

Derived from the Latin 'renes' (kidneys) and the Latin 'vasculum' (a small vessel), combined with the suffix '-ar' to denote 'pertaining to'.

In the news

The term is used here to describe the fibrosis or scarring of blood vessels associated with the kidneys, which the experimental drug successfully helped to reverse in mouse models.

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