vasiform

[Lat. vas (gen it. vas is ) = a ve el, and form a form.] Biol.: Having the shape of a tube or duct. vā-şīte, s. [WASITE.] vā-ső-, pref. [Lat. vas a ve el.] Anat .: Of, belonging to, or connected with a blood or other ve el. vaso-constrictor, a. Anat. & Physiol . A term applied to nerves, the stimulation of which always causes constriction. Such are the vaso-motor fibers of the cervical, sympathetic, and splanchnic nerves. ( Foster .) vaso-dentine, s. Compar. Anat.: That modification of dentine in which the capillary tracts of the primitive vascular pulp remain uncalcified, and carry red blood into the substance of the ti ue. They form the so called vascular or medullary canals, and are usually more or le parallel in their course. Vaso-dentine †A. As adjective : Bot.: The same as VASCULAR (q. v.). B. As substantive: Chem.: Fremy's name for the substance constituting the principal part of the wood-ve els in plants. It is insoluble in concentrated acids, and in an ammoniacal solution of copper. văs-cu-lŭm (pl. văs-cu-la), s. [Latin, dim in, from ras =a ve el, a vase.] tooth of the sloth and megatherium, in smaller amount in the teeth of the elephant and the incisors of the Rodent i a. ( Page . )