angioplasty

English

Etymology

From angio- +‎ -plasty.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈæn.d͡ʒi.əʊ.plæs.ti/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

angioplasty (plural angioplasties)

1. (surgery) The mechanical widening of a narrowed or totally obstructed blood vessel generally caused by atheroma.

Derived terms

• photoangioplasty
• postangioplasty

 

Translations

widening of a blood vessel

• Catalan: angioplàstia f
• Dutch: dotterbehandeling (nl) f
• Finnish: pallolaajennus (fi), angioplastia
• French: angioplastie (fr) f
• Greek: αγγειοπλαστική (el) f (angeioplastikí)
• Irish: angaplaiste f
• Italian: angioplastica (it) f
• Polish: angioplastyka (pl) f, balonikowanie n
• Portuguese: angioplastia (pt) f
• Spanish: angioplastia (es) f
• Turkish: anjiyoplasti