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angiogenesis inhibitor  listen  (AN-jee-oh-JEH-neh-sis in-HIH-bih-ter)

  A substance that may prevent the formation of blood vessels. In anticancer therapy, an angiogenesis inhibitor may prevent the growth of new blood vessels that tumors need to grow.