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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…
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…
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…
adjective

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

noun

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

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.
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
noun

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

noun

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

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.

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

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.

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…
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…
noun

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

noun

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

noun

The peptide angiotensin ii, which raises blood pressure.

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…
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
noun

The symbol < or >, found on a computer keyboard and used, for example, around tags (= codes for marking particular types of information)

phrasal verb

To try to get or achieve something, esp. without saying what your goal is

Usage examples:

The way he hangs around, he must be angling for a job.
noun

A rounded, fleshy growth with an uneven surface on the skin of cattle, horses, etc.; a warty excrescence, a papilloma.

adjective

Placed or inclined at an angle to something else.

Usage examples:

He sent an angled shot into the net
verb

Direct or incline at an angle.

Usage examples:

He angled his chair so that he could watch her
noun

An earthworm; = angleworm .

noun

A type of bulldozer with a blade which is or can be set at an oblique angle, so that earth is pushed to one side rather than in the direction of travel.

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