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Where does “angioplasty” come from?

Angioplasty comes from the English combining form angio-, from Ancient Greek ἀγγεῖον vessel, from ἄγγος container, from Proto-Hellenic pláťťō, from Proto-Indo-European h₂eng- to narrow or constrict.

angioplasty (English): The mechanical widening of a narrowed or totally...

Definitions

  1. The mechanical widening of a narrowed or totally...

Ancestry of “angioplasty”, step by step

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1Englishplasty—

Words derived from “angioplasty”

  • postangioplasty
  • photoangioplasty
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