English Explanatory Dictionary

vasospasm

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

Spasm of the blood vessels, leading to vasoconstriction and potentially tissue ischemia and necrosis.

Word forms

vasospasm vasospasms

Etymology

From vaso- + spasm.

Related words

vasospasmic vasospastic

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