An abnormal position or displacement of blood vessels or lymphatic vessels in the body.
From Greek 'angeion' (vessel) + 'topos' (place) + '-ia' (condition). Medical term describing vessels that have migrated or developed in wrong anatomical locations.
Sometimes during fetal development, blood vessels form in the wrong spot—like when blood vessels end up in the stomach lining where they shouldn't be, which can cause mysterious bleeding that doctors have to hunt for with special cameras.
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