interpositional

English

Etymology

inter- +‎ positional

Adjective

interpositional (not comparable)

  1. (surgery) Relating to an interposition
    • 2015, Junxi Wu et al., “Perivascular mast cells regulate vein graft neointimal formation and remodeling”, in PeerJ‎, volume 3, DOI:10.7717/peerj.1192:
      For all reconstitution experiments, interpositional vena cava to carotid artery vein grafting was performed as outlined above and grafts were removed 4 weeks after to measure neointima formation.
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