adjective
- relating to or located around a blood vessel
Usage: medical/anatomical term; commonly used in pathology and clinical contexts
Examples
- The perivascular space surrounds the blood vessels in the brain.
- Perivascular inflammation can indicate an immune response to infection.
- Doctors examined the perivascular tissue to assess vascular damage.
- The perivascular region showed signs of cellular infiltration.
- Perivascular edema developed following the surgical procedure.