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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  (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 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 study showed positive outcomes of its therapeutic angiogenic product Ad5FGF-4 in the treatment of patients with chronic stable angina.
The patent, entitled "Use of Imidazole for the Treatment of Diseases Characterized by Neovascularization," protects the use of specific small molecules in a class of compounds called imidazoles for the treatment of angiogenic conditions where neovascularization (new blood vessel formation) contributes to the progression of the disease by supplying nourishment to the diseased area.
Recently, two competing Harvard University laboratories found apparently different angiogenic proteins (SN: 10/5/85, p.
 
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