angi-

1. variant of angio- before a vowel.

Example Sentences

The Beauty of Plants category was won by Angi Wallace with a picture of a Nigella flower taken on her dining room table.

From BBC

Pogue is a writer for Angi, formerly known as Angie’s List.

From Seattle Times

Angi reports that an ADU costs, on average, $82,500, or around $150 to $300 per square foot, with a typically sized ADU measuring between 600 and 1,200 square feet.

From Seattle Times

Here are some reliable estimates, per Angi’s Michetich and Fixr’s Granville.

From Seattle Times

“Wider doorways and halls can help wheelchair users access and navigate your home. At a minimum, doorways should be 32 inches wide and halls should be 36 inches wide,” suggests Mallory Micetich, a home expert with Angi.

From Seattle Times

Words That Use Angi-

What does angi- mean?

Angi- is a combining form used like a prefix meaning “vessel” or “container.” It is used in medical and scientific terms. In anatomy, angi- specifically refers to blood and lymphatic vessels. In botany, angi- specifically refers to seed vessels.

Angi- comes from the Greek angeîon, meaning “vessel, vat, shell.”

Angi- is a variant of angio-, which loses its -o– when combined with words or word elements beginning with vowels.

Want to know more? Read our Words That Use angio- article.

Examples of angi-

An example of a medical term that features the combining form angi- is angiectomy, “excision of a section of a blood vessel.”

The first part of the word, angi-, means “blood vessel” in medical terms. The second part of the word, -ectomy, is a combining form meaning “excision.” Angiectomy literally translates to “vessel excision.”

What are some words that use the combining form angi-?

• angiasthenia
• angiectasia
• angiectopia
• angiitis (using the equivalent form of angi- in New Latin)
• angioma

What are some other forms that angi- may be commonly confused with?

• anis-
• algo-

Not every term that begins with angi- uses the combining form angi- to mean “vessel.” For example, angina, “any attack of painful spasms characterized by sensations of choking or suffocating,” comes from a different Greek root than angi-. Learn more about the meaning and origin of angina at our entry for the word.

Break it down!

The suffix -itis is used to denote inflammation. With this in mind, what does the medical condition of angiitis involve?