vasoocclusive

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Etymology

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From vaso- +‎ occlusive.

Adjective

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vasoocclusive (comparative more vasoocclusive, superlative most vasoocclusive)

  1. (pathology) That which leads to vasoocclusion.
    • 2015 July 29, Duyen A. Ngo, Martin H. Steinberg, “Genomic approaches to identifying targets for treating β hemoglobinopathies”, in BMC Medical Genomics[1], volume 8, →DOI:
      Logic suggests that agents that sustain flow and prevent the initiation of vasoocclusion would be more successful than agents given after an acute vasoocclusive event has started, nevertheless animal studies have shown that this latter approach might be useful [ 110 ].