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angiogenesis

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an·gi·o·gen·e·sis  (nj--jn-ss)
n. pl. an·gi·o·gen·e·ses (-sz)
The formation of new blood vessels.

angi·o·genic (-jnk) adj.

angiogenesis [ˌændʒɪəˈgɛnɪsɪs]
n
(Medicine) the induction of blood-vessel growth, often in association with a particular organ or tissue, or with a tumour

angiogenesis  (nj--jn-ss)
The formation of new blood vessels, especially blood vessels that supply oxygen and nutrients to cancerous tissues.
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Noun1.angiogenesis - the formation of new blood vesselsangiogenesis - the formation of new blood vessels  
growing, growth, ontogenesis, ontogeny, maturation, development - (biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level; "he proposed an indicator of osseous development in children"


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The rapid growth of tumours, for example, is conditioned on the formation of new blood vessels to supply oxygen and nutrients, which explains why angiogenesis is accelerated in cancer patients.
Drugs called angiogenesis inhibitors prevent the growth of blood vessels that supply tumours with oxygen and nutrients.
Cancer cells produce and induce multiple regulators of angiogenesis from the surrounding stromal cells.
 
 
 
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