Meanings
nounangioplasty (plural angioplasties)
plural angioplasties
- medicineThe mechanical widening of a narrowed or totally obstructed blood vessel generally caused by atheroma.
verbangioplasty (third-person singular simple present angioplasties, present participle angioplastying, simple past and past participle angioplastied)
present singular third person angioplasties · participle present angioplastying · participle past angioplastied · past angioplastied
- transitivemedicineTo perform angioplasty upon.
Stenotic lesions identified were angioplastied if deemed to narrow the lumen by greater than 50% compared with the adjacent normal artery or vein and deemed to be flow restricting.
2013 May–June, Donald Schon, Tammy DeLozier, Nina Patel, “Comparison of Procedure Cost for Thrombectomy of Arteriovenous Fistulas and Grafts”, in Seminars in Dialysis, volume 26, number 3, →DOI, page 345
Origin
Translations
Catalan angioplàstia
- angioplàstiawidening of a blood vessel
Dutch dotterbehandeling
- dotterbehandelingwidening of a blood vessel
Finnish pallolaajennus, angioplastia
- pallolaajennuswidening of a blood vessel
- angioplastiawidening of a blood vessel
French angioplastie
- angioplastiewidening of a blood vessel
Greek αγγειοπλαστική
- αγγειοπλαστική (angeioplastikí)widening of a blood vessel
Indonesian angioplasti
- angioplastiwidening of a blood vessel
Irish angaplaiste
- angaplaistewidening of a blood vessel
Italian angioplastica
- angioplasticawidening of a blood vessel
Polish angioplastyka, balonikowanie
- angioplastykawidening of a blood vessel
- balonikowaniewidening of a blood vessel
Portuguese angioplastia
- angioplastiawidening of a blood vessel
Spanish angioplastia
- angioplastiawidening of a blood vessel
Turkish anjiyoplasti
- anjiyoplastiwidening of a blood vessel
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APA
angioplasty. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/angioplasty
MLA
“angioplasty.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/angioplasty. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “angioplasty,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/angioplasty.
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