to provide (an area, etc) with a canal or canals again
2. (transitive) building
to convert (a river, etc) into a canal again
3. (intransitive) medicine
to form new channels or canals, such as blood vessels, that allow flow to be restored through a blocked tube or area in the body
Examples of 'recanalize' in a sentence
recanalize
Our priority, normally, was to recanalize the brain vessels compared to the pulmonary arteries.
Ton Mai Duy, Luu Vu Dang, Phuong Dao Viet, Chi Nguyen Van, Quang Anh Nguyen, ThongPham Minh, Anh Nguyen Dat, Nguyen Vu Thai Lien, Vu Thi Nga, Dinh Toi Chu 2019, 'Multiple Recurrent Acute Ischemic Strokes Treated by Thrombectomy in a Patient withAcute Pulmonary Embolism', Open Access Macedonian Journal of Medical Scienceshttps://www.id-press.eu/mjms/article/view/2526. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Attempts to recanalize the main portal vein using traditional transjugular access were unsuccessful.
Natanel Jourabchi, Justin Pryce McWilliams, Edward Wolfgang Lee, Steven Sauk, StephenThomas Kee 2013, 'TIPS Placement via Combined Transjugular and Transhepatic Approach for Cavernous PortalVein Occlusion: Targeted Approach', Case Reports in Radiologyhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/635391. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)