ANGIOGENESIS INHIBITOR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does angiogenesis inhibitor mean? 

• ANGIOGENESIS INHIBITOR (noun)
  The noun ANGIOGENESIS INHIBITOR has 1 sense:

1. a drug that is designed to prevent the growth of blood vessels that nourish tumors

  Familiarity information: ANGIOGENESIS INHIBITOR used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ANGIOGENESIS INHIBITOR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A drug that is designed to prevent the growth of blood vessels that nourish tumors

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("angiogenesis inhibitor" is a kind of...):

medicament; medication; medicinal drug; medicine ((medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease)

 Context examples 

This allele, which encodes brain-specific angiogenesis inhibitor 1-associated protein 2, is involved in neuronal growth-cone guidance and brain-specific angiogenesis inhibition.

(BAIAP2 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes brain-specific angiogenesis inhibitor 1-associated protein 2-like protein 1, is involved in both cytoskeletal modeling and signal transduction.

(BAIAP2L1 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes brain-specific angiogenesis inhibitor 3 protein, is involved in brain-specific inhibition of angiogenesis and membrane trafficking of G-proteins.

(BAI3 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

It is also being studied as a possible angiogenesis inhibitor in the treatment of brain tumors.

(Penicillamine, NCI Dictionary)

This allele, which encodes brain-specific angiogenesis inhibitor 1 protein, plays a role in the suppression of tumor protein p53-mediated signaling.

(BAI1 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Encoded by human BAIAP2 Gene, Brain-Specific Angiogenesis Inhibitor Binding Protein interacts at the cytoplasmic membrane with brain-specific angiogenesis inhibitor, which may be involved in neuronal growth-cone guidance.

(BAI1-Associated Protein 2, NCI Thesaurus)

An anticancer drug that belongs to the family of drugs called angiogenesis inhibitors.

(Batimastat, NCI Dictionary)

It is a type of histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitor, a type of angiogenesis inhibitor, and a type of chemosensitizer.

(Belinostat, NCI Dictionary)

It is a type of tyrosine kinase inhibitor and a type of angiogenesis inhibitor.

(Cabozantinib-s-malate, NCI Dictionary)

CC-1088 belongs to the family of drugs called angiogenesis inhibitors.

(CC-1088, NCI Dictionary)