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system noun arrangement, artificium, classification, formula, logical process, manner, means, method, modeof management, operation, order, orderliness, orderly combiiation, organization, pattern, plan, policy, practice, procedure, process, program, recipe, regime, regimen, regularity, scheme, settled procedure, state of order, strategy, technique, way
Associated concepts: commercial system, governmental system, judicial system, legal system, retirement system
See also: arrangement, array, avenue, bureaucracy, codification, complex, contrivance, course, development, device, doctrine, form, guide, hierarchy, institute, means, method, mode, modus operandi, opportunity, order, plan, practice, procedure, process, program, rule, scheme, strategy, usage


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With chronic distension, the valves in the vascular system can fail, resulting in chronic venous insufficiency where the inefficient removal of fluid from the limbs causes legs to become permanently swollen and uncomfortable.
In those instances, it is likely the crown root and vascular system have been damaged by dry, cold conditions, Shroyer says.
Anderson Cancer Center in Houston and his colleagues devised a way to selectively destroy the vascular system in fat.
 
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