English Explanatory Dictionary

vasoactive

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Active on vessel walls, that is, causing either constriction or dilation of a blood vessel, thus affecting hemodynamics (blood flow). Vasoactive substances may be endogenous (for example, endogenous angiotensin, vasopressin, or epinephrine) or exogenous (for example, pharmaceutical vasopressin or epinephrine).

Word forms

vasoactive more vasoactive most vasoactive

Etymology

From vaso- + active.

Related words

vasoactivity vasoconstriction vasoconstrictive vasoconstrictor vasodepressant vasodepression vasodepressor vasodilatation vasodilatative vasodilatatory vasodilate vasodilation vasodilative vasodilator vasodilatory vasomotor vasopressin vasopressor vasotonic vasotonin

Derived words

vasoactive intestinal peptide
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