recanalization

noun

re·​can·​a·​li·​za·​tion (ˌ)rē-ˌka-nə-lə-ˈzā-shən 

: the process of restoring flow to or reuniting an interrupted channel of a bodily tube (such as a blood vessel or vas deferens)

recanalize

(ˌ)rē-kə-ˈna-ˌlīz  (ˌ)rē-ˈka-nə-ˌlīz 

transitive verb

Examples of recanalization in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

This is called recanalization and will probably be the name of the next Kanye West album. —Anna Pulley, Chicago Tribune, 10 May 2022

Word History

First Known Use

1953, in the meaning defined above

Medical Definition

recanalization

noun

re·​can·​a·​li·​za·​tion

variants also British recanalisation

(ˌ)rē-ˌkan-ᵊl-ə-ˈzā-shən 

: the process of restoring flow to or reuniting an interrupted channel of a bodily tube (as an artery or the vas deferens)

recanalization of an acutely occluded vessel

—Nanette Hock

recanalize transitive verb

also British recanalise

-kə-ˈnal-ˌīz  -ˈkan-ᵊl-ˌīz 

recanalized also British recanalised; recanalizing also British recanalising