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vasoconstrictormore about vasoconstrictor

vasoconstrictor


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Vasoconstrictor  \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}. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  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 




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