angiopoiesis

Term: angiopoiesis

Literally meaning: “ making vessels”

Origin: Anc Greek

αγγείο/aggio (=vessel, receptacle) > άγγος/aggos(=tube)

+ ποίησις/poiesis(making)  < ποι[ù/ poio(=make)

Coined/History

 The term was coined in 1999 by Pardanaud and Dieterlen-Lievre in order to extent the terminology of hematopoiesis. The new term is referred to the commitment of mesoderm to angioblasts, without including in the notion the further behavior of these progenitor cells.

Sources

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Pardanaud L, Dieterlen-Lièvre F. Manipulation of angiopoietc/hematopoietic potentials in the avian embryo (in frensh). J Soc Biol. 1999;193(2):171-9

Definition

Angiopoiesis is the process of blood or lymphatic vessels formation.