Plexogenic
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Plexogenic is an adjective meaning (pathology) Giving rise to weblike or plexiform structures.
Meaning
(pathology) Giving rise to weblike or plexiform structures.
Example Sentences
Pulmonary arteriopathy may be plexogenic (medial hypertrophy, intimal fibrosis and lesions involving the entire vessel wall) or thrombotic (medial hypertrophy, thrombosis and eccentric non-laminar intimal fibrosis).
Wiener-Kronish's case showed plexogenic pulmonary angiopathy and positive immunofluorescent staining for IgG, C₃ and C1q in the lung (1981). […] Although the aetiology of plexogenic pulmonary arteriopathy is unknown, most evidences indicate a vasospastic origin of the disease (Wagenvoort CA and Wagenvoort N 1970).
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include arteriopathy, protogenic, plasmodial, reticulose, fungous, amplexoid.
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