Anangioid

/ænænˈdʒiɔɪd/ adjective

Definition

Resembling or characteristic of the absence of blood vessels or a vascular system.

Etymology

From Greek an- (without) + angioid (resembling vessels, from angeion, vessel); medical term.

Kelly Says

The term 'anangioid' describes organisms or tissues without proper blood supplies—like certain parasites that survive by being mysteriously independent of vessels!

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