PTCA (ANGIOPLASTY)

Meaning of PTCA (ANGIOPLASTY) in English

Procedure with a balloon-tipped catheter to enlarge a narrowing in a coronary artery. PTCA stands for Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty.

English dictionary of medicine. Английский словарь медицины. 2012

ANGIOPLASTY — noun (plural -ties) Date: circa 1919 surgical repair or recanalization of a blood vessel
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
ANGIOPLASTY — Therapeutic opening of a blocked blood vessel. Usually a balloon is inflated near the end of a catheter (see catheterization …
Английский словарь Британика
ANGIOPLASTY — ¦ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ noun ( -es ) Etymology: angi- + -plasty : surgical repair of a blood vessel …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ANGIOPLASTY — /an"jee euh plas'tee/ , n. , pl. angioplasties . Surg. the repair of a blood vessel, as by inserting a …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
ANGIOPLASTY — n. surgical operation of the blood vessels in which a balloon is inserted into a vessel and inflated in order …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
PTCA — balloon angioplasty, opening of a blocked or narrowed blood vessel by inserting a balloon-tipped catheter into the vessel and inflating …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
ANGIOPLASTY — noun ( plural -ties ) Date: circa 1919 : surgical repair or recanalization of a blood vessel ; especially : …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
ANGIOPLASTY — ■ noun ( plural angioplasties ) Medicine surgical repair or unblocking of a blood vessel, especially a coronary artery.
Concise Oxford English vocab
ANGIOPLASTY — [an.gio.plas.ty] n, pl -ties (ca. 1919): surgical repair of a blood vessel; esp: balloon angioplasty
Merriam-Webster English vocab
ANGIOPLASTY — angioplasty BrE AmE ˈæn d ʒi‿ə ʊ ˌplæst i AmE \ -i‿ə-
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
ANGIOPLASTY — / ˈændʒiəʊplæsti; NAmE ˈændʒioʊ-/ noun [ C , U ] ( pl. -ies ) ( medical ) a medical operation …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ANGIOPLASTY — [noun] [C or U] [specialized] - a medical operation to remove a blockage from an artery in a person who …
Cambridge English vocab
ANGIOPLASTY — n. Therapeutic opening of a blocked blood vessel. Usually a balloon is inflated near the end of a catheter (see …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
ANGIOPLASTY — noun plastic surgery to repair a blood vessel, such as a narrowed coronary artery percutaneous angioplasty = repair of a …
English Dictionary of Medicine
ANGIOPLASTY — noun (Health and Fitness) An operation to repair a damaged blood vessel or to unblock a coronary artery. Etymology: A …
Английский разговорный словарь - Новые слова
ANGIOPLASTY — пластическая операция на сосудах, реконструкция сосудов, пластика сосудов
Новый Англо-Русский медицинский словарь
BALLOON ANGIOPLASTY — noun Date: 1980 dilation of an obstructed atherosclerotic artery by the passage of a balloon catheter through the vessel to …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
BALLOON ANGIOPLASTY — noun : dilatation of an artery stenosed by atherosclerotic plaque by the passage of a balloon catheter through the vessel …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BALLOON ANGIOPLASTY — Surg. a method of opening a clogged or narrowed blood vessel in which a small balloon is introduced into the …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY — balloon angioplasty, opening of a blocked or narrowed blood vessel by inserting a balloon-tipped catheter into the vessel and inflating …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
BALLOON ANGIOPLASTY — [balloon angioplasty] n (1980): dilatation of an atherosclerotically obstructed artery by the passage of a balloon catheter through the vessel …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
BALLOON ANGIOPLASTY — Coronary angioplasty is accomplished using a balloon-tipped catheter inserted through an artery in the groin or arm to enlarge a …
English Dictionary of Medicine
LASER ANGIOPLASTY — (Health and Fitness) (Science and Technology) see angioplasty
Английский разговорный словарь - Новые слова
BALLOON ANGIOPLASTY — (Health and Fitness) see angioplasty
Английский разговорный словарь - Новые слова
HEART ATTACK — or myocardial infarction Death of a section of heart muscle when its blood supply is cut off, usually by a …
Английский словарь Британика
CORONARY HEART DISEASE — or ischemic heart disease Progressive reduction of blood supply to the heart muscle due to narrowing or blocking of a …
Английский словарь Британика
ATHEROSCLEROSIS — or hardening of the arteries Chronic disease characterized by abnormal thickening of the walls of the arteries due to fatty …
Английский словарь Британика
-PLASTY — a combining form with the meanings "molding, formation" "surgical repair, plastic surgery," used in the formation of compound words: angioplasty; …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
YEAR IN REVIEW 1997: ENVIRONMENT — BOTANICAL GARDENS The development of international policies to harmonize the responses to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) dominated the …
Britannica English vocabulary
THERAPY — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a therapy/counselling session (= when someone is given personal advice ) ▪ At one point …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
BYPASS — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE coronary ▪ Will he urgently encourage all boards to purchase coronary artery bypass …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
ARTERY — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES carotid artery coronary artery COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE carotid ▪ This is the carotid …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary

English Dictionary of Medicine

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