1. to restore the flow through a blocked blood vessel or other tubular structure
Usage: medical
2. to create a new channel or restore an old channel for water flow
Usage: engineering; environmental

Examples

• Surgeons worked to recanalize the blocked artery using a stent.
• The clot-busting drug helped recanalize the patient’s coronary vessel.
• Engineers plan to recanalize the old riverbed to restore natural flow.
• The treatment successfully recanalized blood flow to the affected organ.
• Environmental groups advocate efforts to recanalize urban waterways.
• Doctors used a catheter procedure to recanalize the narrowed vessel.