Which term means relating to blood vessels?

• A. Syndrome
• B. Vascular
• C. Transmission
• D. Trauma

Answer: (B)

Relating to blood vessels is described by the term vascular. It comes from a root meaning vessels, with an ending that forms an adjective meaning pertaining to. In medical language, vascular describes anything connected to the circulatory system—arteries, veins, and capillaries—and is used in terms like vascular disease or vascular surgery. The other ideas refer to different concepts: a syndrome is a set of signs and symptoms that occur together; transmission is the act of passing something from one place to another; trauma means injury. So vascular is the precise word for anything concerning blood vessels.