"vasoactive" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more vasoactive [comparative], most vasoactive [superlative]
Etymology: From vaso- + active. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|vaso|active}} vaso- + active Head templates: {{en-adj}} 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). Categories (topical): Medicine, Physiology Derived forms: vasoactive intestinal peptide Translations (that causes either constriction or dilation of a blood vessel): vasoactif (French), αγγειοδραστικός (angeiodrastikós) (Greek), vasoattivo (Italian)
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          "word": "vasodepressant"
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          "word": "vasodilatation"
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