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Vasoconstrictor

Vasoconstrictor Meaning & Definition
Vasoconstrictor Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Vasoconstrictor?

[n] any agent that causes a narrowing of an opening of a blood vessel: cold or stress or nicotine or epinephrine or norepinephrine or angiotensin or vasopressin or certain drugs; maintains or increases blood pressure

Synonyms | Synonyms for Vasoconstrictor: vasoconstrictive

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Vasoconstrictor In Webster's Dictionary

\Vas`o*con*strict"or\, a. (Physiol.) Causing constriction of the blood vessels; as, the vasoconstrictor nerves, stimulation of which causes constriction of the blood vessels to which they go. These nerves are also called {vasohypertonic}.

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