Definition of "extravascular" []

• Located or occurring outside a blood or lymph vessel. (adjective)
• Lacking vessels; nonvascular. (adjective)

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• "So, some kind of trauma has to happen which allows blood to escape from a blood vessel into what's called the extravascular space."
• "I believe the intrinsic coagulation system initiated by the contact system would be more important as a host defense system working extravascular tissue space against microbial pathogens than as the haemostatic mechanism."
• "By means of these ameboid properties the cells have the power of wandering or emigrating from the bloodvessels by penetrating their walls and thus finding their way into the extravascular spaces."