vasodilation

English

Etymology

vaso- +‎ dilation

Noun

vasodilation (countable and uncountable, plural vasodilations)

1. Dilation or widening of the blood vessels.

   Antonym: vasoconstriction

Related terms

• vasodilational

Translations

dilation of the blood vessels

• Dutch: vaatverwijding (nl)
• Finnish: verisuonten laajeneminen
• French: vaso-dilatation (fr) f
• Greek: αγγειοδιαστολή (el) f (angeiodiastolí)
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• Russian: вазодилатация (ru) f (vazodilatacija)
• Spanish: dilatación (es) f
• Swedish: vasodilatation (sv) c

Further reading

• vasodilation on Wikipedia.Wikipedia