About The Word Vasoconstrictor
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Vasoconstrictor
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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 Related Terms | Find terms related to Vasoconstrictor: See Also | ADH | Adrenalin | adrenaline | adrenergic | adrenergic drug | agent | angiotensin | angiotonin | antidiuretic hormone | cold | coldness | epinephrin | epinephrine | Hypertensin | low temperature | lypressin | naphazoline | nicotine | noradrenaline | norepinephrine | Pitressin | Privine | stress | Sudafed | tenseness | tension | vasopressin | vasopressor 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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