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angioinvasion

angioinvasion noun: vascular invasion: Invasion (infiltration) of vessels (blood vessels, lymphatic vessels, or both), often and especially by cancer cells, either locoregionally or metastatically.

Noun

angioinvasion (uncountable)

  1. Vascular invasion: Invasion (infiltration) of vessels (blood vessels, lymphatic vessels, or both), often and especially by cancer cells, either locoregionally or metastatically.
    • In an independent sample set, lower miR-126-3p expression was observed in follicular thyroid cancers (which have capsular and angioinvasion) as compared to follicular adenomas.2015 August 6, “miR-126-3p Inhibits Thyroid Cancer Cell Growth and Metastasis, and Is Associated with Aggressive Thyroid Cancer”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of angioinvasion

From angio- + invasion.

Questions about angioinvasion

What does angioinvasion mean?
Angioinvasion means vascular invasion: Invasion (infiltration) of vessels (blood vessels, lymphatic vessels, or both), often and especially by cancer cells, either locoregionally or metastatically.
What part of speech is angioinvasion?
Angioinvasion is a noun.

Words near angioinvasion in the dictionary

  1. angioinflammatory
  2. angioinhibition
  3. angioinhibitor
  4. angioinhibitors
  5. angioinhibitory
  6. angioinvasion
  7. angioinvasive
  8. angioinvasiveness
  9. angiokeratoma
  10. angiokeratomas
  11. angiokeratomata

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