English

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.

Translations

Derived terms

• antiangiogenesis

Related terms

• angiogenic

See also

• intussusception
• neovascularization
• vasculogenesis