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vasodilator


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Vasodilator  \Vas`o*di*lat"or\,  a.[L.  vas  a  vessel  +  dilator.] 
  (Physiol.) 
  Causing  dilation  or  relaxation  of  the  blood  vessels;  as  the 
  vasodilator  nerves,  stimulation  of  which  causes  dilation  of 
  the  blood  vessels  to  which  they  go  These  nerves  are  also 
  called  {vaso-inhibitory},  and  {vasohypotonic}  nerves,  since 
  their  stimulation  causes  relaxation  and  rest. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  vasodilator 
  n  :  a  drug  that  causes  dilation  of  blood  vessels 




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