neovascularizationn.
/ˌniːə(ʊ)ˌvaskjᵿlərʌɪˈzeɪʃn/, U.S. /ˈˌnioʊˌvæskjələrəˈzeɪʃ(ə)n/, /ˈˌnioʊˌvæskjələˌraɪˈzeɪʃ(ə)n/ Medicine.
The formation of new blood vessels, esp. as a pathological process. Also as a count noun: an instance of this; a new vessel.
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regeneration?a1425
organogeny1844
morphosis1857
organogenesis1865
angiogenesis1888
recrescence1890
neurotization1892
heteromorphosis1894
homoeosis1894
holomorphosis1901
homomorphosis1901
organ regeneration1923
neovascularization1952
1952 Trans. Ophthalmol. Soc. U.K. 72 184 Various studies indicate that cortisone has an inhibitory effect on neo-vascularization in the cornea after various insults.
1956 Trans. Amer. Ophthalmol. Soc. 54 730 This term [sc. retinitis proliferans] will be used to denote all neovascularizations associated with fibrosis.
1975 Science 14 Nov. 682 In the absence of neovascularization, a tumor becomes restricted in size to a spheroid about 2 to 3 mm in diameter.
1984 Jrnl. Rheumatol. 11 846 Marked retinal neovascularizations developed in one of the 2 cases.
1989 Nature 4 May 58/2 To determine when neovascularization was initiated during β-cell tumorigenesis, immunohistochemical studies were performed.
1997 Jrnl. Urol. 158 1105 In the early periods neovascularization was prominent throughout the entire graft, as shown by factor VIII staining.
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