angiogenesis

noun

angiogenesis

noun

UK /andʒɪə(ʊ)ˈdʒɛnɪsɪs/

Etymology From angio- + -genesis.

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Biology, Medicine, Natural sciences, Sciences, Zoology The formation and development of new blood vessels.

Some of the most promising new cancer drugs block this process of ‘angiogenesis’, or blood-vessel formation.1999, Matt Ridley, Genome, Harper Perennial, published 2004, page 238:

Derived terms: angiogenetic, antiangiogenesis, dysangiogenesis, hemangiogenesis, lymphangiogenesis, microangiogenesis, myoangiogenesis, neoangiogenesis, neuroangiogenesis, pathoangiogenesis, proangiogenesis
Related terms: angiogenic, intussusception, neovascularization, vasculogenesis

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