the provision of an area, etc with a canal or canals again
2. building
the conversion a river, etc into a canal again
3. medicine
the formation of new channels or canals, such as blood vessels, that allow flow tobe restored through a blocked tube or area in the body
recanalization in American English
(riˌkænləˈzeiʃən, ˌrikəˌnæl-)
noun
Surgery
the reopening of a previously occluded passageway within a blood vessel
Word origin
[1950–55; re- + canalize + -ation]This word is first recorded in the period 1950–55. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: International Gothic, allograph, drip-dry, point-of-sale, speech recognitionre- is a prefix, occurring originally in loanwords from Latin, used with the meaning“again” or “again and again” to indicate repetition, or with the meaning “back” or“backward” to indicate withdrawal or backward motion. Other words that use the affixre- include: refurbish, regenerate, retrace, retype, revert; -ation is used to form nouns from stems ending in -ate (separation) and, on this model, to form nouns from stems of other origin (starvation). Other words that use the affix -ation include: capitalization, complementation, plantation, polarization, sensitization
Examples of 'recanalization' in a sentence
recanalization
The rate of recanalization following thrombolysis was calculated, and thrombolytic efficacy was evaluated and compared.
Yanping Zhu, Lina Guan, Yuming Mu 2016, 'Combined Low-Frequency Ultrasound and Urokinase-Containing Microbubbles in Treatmentof Femoral Artery Thrombosis in a Rabbit Model', PLOS ONE10.1371/journal.pone.0168909. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Recanalization was assessed within 24 h post-stroke.
Mark Krongold, Mohammed A. Almekhlafi, Andrew M. Demchuk, Shelagh B. Coutts, RichardFrayne, Armin Eilaghi 2015, 'Final infarct volume estimation on 1-week follow-up MR imaging is feasible and isdependent on recanalization status', NeuroImage: Clinicalhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213158214001648. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Technical success of recanalization, angioplasty and stenting of arteries was successfully performed in all patients.
R S Goloshchapov-Aksenov, Z Kh Shugushev, D V Matveev, D A Maximkin, K Yu Lakunin 2017, 'EVALUATION OF THE EFFECTIVENESS OF ENDOVASCULAR TREATMENT OF PATIENTS WITH OBLITERATINGATHEROSCLEROSIS OF LOWER LIMB ARTERIES WITH LONG OCCLUSIONS OF THE SUPERFICIAL FEMORALARTERY', RUDN Journal of Medicinehttp://journals.rudn.ru/medicine/article/view/16644. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Clinical recovery was observed after successful recanalization by intravenous thrombolysis and intraarterial thrombectomy.
An Se-A, Kim Jinkwon, Kim Sang Heum, Kim Won Chan 2013, 'Abdominal wall hemorrhage after intravenous thrombolysis for acute ischemic stroke',BMC Neurologyhttp://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2377/13/6. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The remaining 16% of the cases presented partial recanalization with reflux or complete recanalization.
Marcondes Figueiredo, Salustiano Pereira de Araújo, Nilson Penha-Silva 2006, 'Ecoescleroterapia com microespuma em varizes tronculares primárias Microfoam ultrasound-guidedsclerotherapy in primary trunk varicose veins', Jornal Vascular Brasileirohttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1677-54492006000300005. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
In all cases, conventional recanalization could not be successfully achieved.
Mohammad Ali Husainy, Balla Suresh, Cheng Fang, Thoraya Ammar, Rajesh Botchu, V Thava 2016, 'OUTBACK catheter for treatment of superficial femoral and iliac artery chronic totalocclusion: Experience from two centers', Indian Journal of Radiology and Imaginghttp://www.ijri.org/article.asp?issn=0971-3026;year=2016;volume=26;issue=2;spage=249;epage=253;aulast=Husainy. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
A similar construct was used in cases of external auditory meatus reconstruction or recanalization.
Karanth Siddharth, Mokal Nitin 2008, 'Silicone Foley′s catheter: A useful splint in ear surgeries', Indian Journal of Plastic Surgeryhttp://www.ijps.org/article.asp?issn=0970-0358;year=2008;volume=41;issue=1;spage=51;epage=54;aulast=Karanth. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)