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Angiogenesis vs Proangiogenesis - What's the difference?

angiogenesis | proangiogenesis |

As nouns the difference between angiogenesis and proangiogenesis

is that angiogenesis is (medicine|zoology) the formation and development of new blood vessels while proangiogenesis is the promotion of angiogenesis.

angiogenesis

English

(wikipedia angiogenesis)

Noun

(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.

    • Derived terms

    * antiangiogenesis

    Related terms

    * angiogenic

    See also

    * intussusception * neovascularization * vasculogenesis

    proangiogenesis

    English

    Noun

  • The promotion of angiogenesis

    • Related terms

    *proangiogenic