angiogenesis

English

Etymology

From angio- +‎ -genesis.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /andʒɪə(ʊ)ˈdʒɛnɪsɪs/

Noun

angiogenesis (plural angiogeneses)

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

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

Derived terms

• angiogenetic
• antiangiogenesis
• dysangiogenesis
• hemangiogenesis
• lymphangiogenesis
• microangiogenesis
• myoangiogenesis
• neoangiogenesis
• neuroangiogenesis
• pathoangiogenesis
• proangiogenesis

 

Related terms

• angiogenic

Translations

The formation and development of new blood vessels

• Finnish: angiogeneesi (fi)
• French: angiogenèse (fr)
• Greek: αγγειογένεση (el) f (angeiogénesi)
• Italian: angiogenesi (it)
• Portuguese: angiogênese f (Brazil), angiogénese f (Portugal)
• Spanish: angiogénesis (es)

See also

• intussusception
• neovascularization
• vasculogenesis