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  • Angiogenic

    That which promotes or develops blood vessels, or promotes an increase in vascularization. An agent that promotes the growth of new blood vessels from pre-existing vessels. Developing in blood vessel system.  

  • Angiogenesis

    Angiogenesis

    The physiologic process of growth and proliferation of new blood vessels from preexisting vasculature. The process occurs throughout life, in both health and disease, and plays a vital role in growth, development, and wound healing. A physiological process involving the growth of new blood vessels from preexisting vessels. Formation/development of new blood vessels in the…

  • Anesthetic

    Anesthetic

    Capable of producing anesthesia. Substance that decreases the capacity of nerves to experience pain. A substance that blocks sensation and dulls pain. Numbs perception of external sensations. That which produces loss of sensation with or without loss of consciousness. A substance that decreases nerve sensitivity to pain. (Examples: nitrous oxide, Peppermint.) Abolishes sensitivity to external…

  • Topical a

    Anesthetic effect produced by the application of an anesthetic agent to a surface area.  

  • Regional a

    Local anesthesia of a regional body area.  

  • Local a

    Loss of sensation in a localized area of the body, but without central effect.  

  • Infiltration a

    Local anesthesia of terminal nerves.  

  • General a

    Depression of the central nervous system caused by anesthetic agents and characterized by simultaneous hypnosis, analgesia, and varying degrees of muscular relaxation, including, typically, the loss of protective laryngeal reflexes.  

  • Block a

    Local anesthesia of a nerve trunk.  

  • Anesthesia

    Anesthesia

    Absence of all sensation. Loss of feeling or sensation caused by an anesthetic agent to permit diagnostic and treatment procedures; also spelled anaesthesia. Absence of sensation; may result from nerve damage, anesthetic drugs, a conversion disorder, or hypnosis. Absence of sensation; may result from nerve damage, anesthetic drugs, or psychological processes such as in hystencal…

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