angiogenesis

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Pronunciation

• (British) IPA: /andʒɪə(ʊ)ˈdʒɛnɪsɪs/

Noun

angiogenesis (plural angiogeneses)

1. (medicine, zoology) The formation and development of new blood vessels.
   • 1999, Matt Ridley, Genome, Harper Perennial 2004, p. 238:

     Some of the most promising new cancer drugs block this process of ‘angiogenesis’, or blood-vessel formation.

Related terms

• angiogenic

Translations

• French: angiogenèse
• Italian: angiogenesi
• Portuguese: angiogênese (Brazil), angiogénese (Portugal)
• Spanish: angiogénesis

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