antiangiogenic
Having to do with reducing the growth of new blood vessels. | ||||
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Antiangiogenic Definition from Medicine Dictionaries & Glossaries
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Antiangiogenic
a general term for drugs which have the capability of preventing new vessel growth (neovascularization) in the retina. For information about current research, see Antiangiogenic Drugs May Stop Neovascularization in Wet Macular Degeneration in the MD Support Library.
a general term for drugs which have the capability of preventing new vessel growth (neovascularization) in the retina. For information about current research, see Antiangiogenic Drugs May Stop Neovascularization in Wet Macular Degeneration in the MD Support Library.
Antiangiogenic Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
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Antiangiogenic
Antiangiogenic refers to a chemical or biological agent that inhibits or greatly reduces formation of new blood vessels (angiogenesis).
These agents are sometimes used to combat cancer by starving tumors of the blood needed to grow and spread.
The pharmaceutical thalidomide is such an antiangiogenic agent.
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