a. Anat. [f. EXTRA- pref. + VASCULAR.] Outside the vascular system; not vascular.

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1804.  Carlisle, in Phil. Trans., XCV. 12. The horns … and cuticular coverings, are all of them … extra-vascular.

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1854.  Woodward, Mollusca (1856), 42. Being extra-vascular it [the shell] has no inherent power of repair. (Carpenter.)

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1866.  Huxley, Physiol., ii. (1869), 26. There are certain parts which … are … said to be extra-vascular or non-vascular.

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