Angioinvasion
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Angioinvasion is a noun meaning (pathology) Vascular invasion: Invasion (infiltration) of vessels (blood vessels, lymphatic vessels, or both), often and especially by cancer cells, either locoregionally or metastatically.
Meaning
(pathology) Vascular invasion: Invasion (infiltration) of vessels (blood vessels, lymphatic vessels, or both), often and especially by cancer cells, either locoregionally or metastatically.
Example Sentences
In an independent sample set, lower miR-126-3p expression was observed in follicular thyroid cancers (which have capsular and angioinvasion) as compared to follicular adenomas.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include vasoinvasion, lymphoinvasion, invasion, endovasculitis, angiosarcoma, angiocavernoma.
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