angiogenesis
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Noun
angiogenesis (plural angiogeneses)
- (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.
- 1999, Matt Ridley, Genome, Harper Perennial 2004, p. 238:
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The formation and development of new blood vessels
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