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Angiosclerosis
Hardening of the walls of the vascular system.
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Angiorrhexis
Rupture of a vessel, especially a blood vessel.
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Angiorrhaphy
Suture of a vessel, especially a blood vessel.
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Angiopressure
Pressure applied to a blood vessel to arrest hemorrhage.
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Angiopoietin
One of several genes (or the proteins they encode) that stimulate new blood vessel formation. The proteins encoded by angiopoietin are found in healthy cardiac endothelium and in diseased tissues such as arthritic joints and malignant tumors.
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Amyloid angiopathy
An abnormality of cerebral blood vessels in which amyloid is deposited in the walls of small arteries and arterioles. It may occur in persons with chronic infectious and inflammatory disorders or B-cell lymphoma, and is a common contributor to intracerebral hemorrhage or Alzheimer’s disease in older persons.
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Angiopathology
Morbid changes in diseases of the blood vessels.
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Angioparalysis
Vasomotor relaxation of blood vessel tone.
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Angioneurotomy
Cutting of vessels and nerves.
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Angioneurectomy
Excision of vessels and nerves. The surgical extraction of both blood vessels and nerves.