All English words - page 262

Meanings of Angiogram:

noun

An x-ray photograph of blood or lymph vessels, made by angiography.

Usage examples:

Dye is injected through the catheter, and the x-ray machine takes angiograms of your heart and bloo…

Meanings of Angiograph:

noun

An image, or series of images, of blood vessels obtained by angiography; an examination by angiography.

Meanings of Angiography:

noun

Radiography of blood or lymph vessels, carried out after introduction of a radiopaque substance.

Usage examples:

Pre-operative angiography and embolisation was carried out.

Meanings of Angioid:

adjective

Resembling a blood vessel; chiefly in "angioid streak", a reddish, brown, or grey line in the fundus of the eye, resulting from degenerative changes in bruch's membrane (a layer of the choroid) and often associated with systemic disorders such as paget's disease of bone and various forms of anaemia.

Meanings of Angiokeratoma:

noun

A lesion of the skin consisting of an area of dilated blood vessels covered by a wart-like thickening of the overlying epithelium; (also) any of several conditions characterized by the presence of such lesions.

Meanings of Angiology:

noun

Originally: a branch of anatomy that deals with blood and lymphatic vessels (and, in early use, other structures regarded as vessels). in later use also: a branch of medicine dealing with the study and treatment of diseases of blood and lymphatic vessels.

Meanings of Angioma:

noun

An abnormal growth produced by the dilatation or new formation of blood vessels.

Usage examples:

The physician should check for evidence of chronic alcoholism, including spider angiomata, gynecoma…

Meanings of Angiomas:

noun

An abnormal growth produced by the dilatation or new formation of blood vessels.

Usage examples:

The physician should check for evidence of chronic alcoholism, including spider angiomata, gynecoma…

Meanings of Angiomata:

noun

An abnormal growth produced by the dilatation or new formation of blood vessels.

Usage examples:

The physician should check for evidence of chronic alcoholism, including spider angiomata, gynecoma…

Meanings of Angiomatous:

adjective

Of, relating to, or characteristic of angiomas; of the nature of or resembling an angioma.

Meanings of Angioneurosis:

noun

Any disorder believed to be caused by the dysfunction of vasomotor nerves (nerves controlling the constriction and dilatation of blood vessels).

Meanings of Angioneurotic:

adjective

(of oedema) marked by swelling and itching of areas of skin, usually allergic in origin.

Usage examples:

Angioedema sometimes used to be called angioneurotic oedema.

Meanings of Angioplasty:

noun

Surgical repair or unblocking of a blood vessel, especially a coronary artery.

Usage examples:

One of the commonest operations performed in the us is angioplasty

Meanings of Angiosarcoma:

noun

A type of malignant tumour originating (or believed to originate) in blood vessels.

Meanings of Angioscope:

noun

An endoscope used to examine the internal surfaces of or to perform procedures within blood vessels.

Meanings of Angiosperm:

noun

A plant of a large group that comprises those that have flowers and produce seeds enclosed within a carpel, including herbaceous plants, shrubs, grasses, and most trees.

Usage examples:

Like other seed plants, angiosperms are heterosporangiate, producing pollen and ovules in different…

Meanings of Angiospermal:

adjective

Having seeds contained in a capsule or other recognizable seed vessel (now rare); designating flowering plants of a division characterized by having ovules enclosed in an ovary or carpel; of, relating to, or characteristic of such plants.

Meanings of Angiospermatous:

adjective

Having seeds enclosed in a seed vessel (obsolete); designating flowering plants of a division characterized by having ovules enclosed in an ovary or carpel.

Meanings of Angiosperms:

noun

A plant of a large group that comprises those that have flowers and produce seeds enclosed within a carpel, including herbaceous plants, shrubs, grasses, and most trees.

Usage examples:

Like other seed plants, angiosperms are heterosporangiate, producing pollen and ovules in different…

Meanings of Angiotensin:

noun

A protein whose presence in the blood promotes aldosterone secretion and tends to raise blood pressure.

Usage examples:

The hypotensive response to captopril is accompanied by a decrease in plasma aldosterone and angiot…

Meanings of Angiotensinase:

noun

An enzyme that converts angiotensin i to angiotensin ii (now historical and rare).

Meanings of Angiotomy:

noun

Incision into or opening of a blood vessel; an instance of this.

Meanings of Angiotonin:

noun

The peptide angiotensin ii, which raises blood pressure.

Meanings of Anglaise:

noun

A sweet sauce made from eggs, milk, sugar, and vanilla (= a substance made from the seeds of a tropical plant) that is served with sweet dishes

Usage examples:

The sauce tasted like a vanilla crème anglaise and it was almost like a dessert., for dessert there…

Meanings of Angle:

noun

The space (usually measured in degrees) between two intersecting lines or surfaces at or close to the point where they meet.

Usage examples:

In any triangle, the longest side is opposite the largest angle

verb

Direct or incline at an angle.

Usage examples:

He angled his chair so that he could watch her