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CIRCUMVASCULAR SHEATH

\sˌɜːkəmvˈaskjʊlə ʃˈiːθ], \sˌɜːkəmvˈaskjʊlə ʃˈiːθ], \s_ˌɜː_k_ə_m_v_ˈa_s_k_j_ʊ_l_ə ʃ_ˈiː_θ]\

Definitions of CIRCUMVASCULAR SHEATH

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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A wide lymphatic tube completely surrounding the smallest blood vesels of bone, of the central nervous system, of the retina, and of the liver.

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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