vasoactive

English

Etymology

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).

Related terms

• vasoactivity

See also

• vasopressor
• vasotonic

Translations

that causes either constriction or dilation of a blood vessel

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

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