vasoactive

English

Etymology

From vaso- +‎ active.

Adjective

vasoactive (comparative more vasoactive, superlative most vasoactive)

1. (physiology, medicine) 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).

Derived terms

• vasoactive intestinal peptide

Related terms

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

Translations

that causes either constriction or dilation of a blood vessel

French: vasoactif (fr) Greek: αγγειοδραστικός (el) (angeiodrastikós) Italian: vasoattivo

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