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angiotropic

angiotropic adjective: having an affinity for, or moving towards blood vessels. Also the misspelling of angiotrophic.

Adjective

angiotropic (comparative more angiotropic, superlative most angiotropic)

  1. Having an affinity for, or moving towards blood vessels.
    • Because of its predilection for spread along vessel walls, mucor is sometimes called “angiotropic” Intracranial extension may occur due to this angiotropic spread or due to distal mycotic emboli or contiguous meningeal inflammation.[ 4 ] Thorough search of the literature revealed very few cases of...2015, Mandeep Singh Ghuman et al., “Bilateral optic nerve infarction in rhino-cerebral mucormycosis: A rare magnetic resonance imaging finding”, in Journal of Neurosciences in Rural Practice, volume...

Also used as

angiotropic is also the misspelling of angiotrophic.

Forms of angiotropic

comparativemore angiotropic
superlativemost angiotropic

Origin of angiotropic

From angio- + -tropic.

Questions about angiotropic

What does angiotropic mean?
Angiotropic means having an affinity for, or moving towards blood vessels.
What part of speech is angiotropic?
Angiotropic is an adjective.

Words near angiotropic in the dictionary

  1. angiotoxins
  2. angiotribe
  3. angiotribes
  4. angiotripsy
  5. angiotrophic
  6. angiotropic
  7. angioœdema
  8. angioœdemas
  9. angiport
  10. angiports
  11. Angiras

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