Relating to or promoting the formation and growth of new blood vessels.
Greek 'angeion' (blood vessel) + 'genesis' (origin/creation) + '-ic' (adjective suffix). Modern medical term developed in the 20th century as researchers studied how blood vessels form.
Angiogenic factors are like growth signals your body sends out saying 'we need more blood vessels here!'—which is great when you're healing, but terrible when cancer uses the same trick to feed itself!
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