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angioblast
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angioblast /an·gio·blast/ (an´je-o-blast?)
1. the embryonic mesenchymal tissue from which blood cells and blood vessels arise.
2. an individual vessel-forming cell.angioblas´tic

an·gi·o·blast (nj--blst)
n.
1. A cell taking part in blood vessel formation.
2. The primordial mesenchymal tissue from which embryonic blood cells and vascular endothelium are differentiated. Also called vasoformative cell.

angioblast
1. the earliest formative tissue from which blood cells and blood vessels arise.
2. an individual vessel-forming cell.

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Stem cells and progenitor endothelial cells are utilized by the body to form angioblasts that cause vascular sprouting.
 
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