Definition of "avascular" []

• Not associated with or supplied by blood vessels. (adjective)

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• "Doctors call it avascular necrosis, or bone death caused by the bone's lack of blood."
• "Another unusual characteristic of cartilage in comparison to other connective tissues is it is avascular, meaning that it lacks blood vessels."
• "Another unusual characteristic of cartilage in comparison to other connective tissues is thati t is avascular, meaning that it lacks blood vessels."