"vasoactive" meaning in English

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          "word": "vasoactive intestinal peptide"
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        "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)."
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          "constriction",
          "constriction"
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          "dilation",
          "dilation"
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          "blood vessel",
          "blood vessel"
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          "hemodynamics",
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          "angiotensin",
          "angiotensin"
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          "vasopressin",
          "vasopressin"
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          "epinephrine",
          "epinephrine"
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          "exogenous",
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        "(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)."
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        {
          "word": "vasoactivity"
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        {
          "word": "vasoconstriction"
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        {
          "word": "vasoconstrictive"
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        {
          "word": "vasoconstrictor"
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        {
          "word": "vasodepressant"
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        {
          "word": "vasodepression"
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        {
          "word": "vasodepressor"
        },
        {
          "word": "vasodilatation"
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        {
          "word": "vasodilatative"
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        {
          "word": "vasodilatatory"
        },
        {
          "word": "vasodilate"
        },
        {
          "word": "vasodilation"
        },
        {
          "word": "vasodilative"
        },
        {
          "word": "vasodilator"
        },
        {
          "word": "vasodilatory"
        },
        {
          "word": "vasomotor"
        },
        {
          "word": "vasopressin"
        },
        {
          "word": "vasopressor"
        },
        {
          "word": "vasotonic"
        },
        {
          "word": "vasotonin"
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "that causes either constriction or dilation of a blood vessel",
          "word": "vasoactif"
        },
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          "roman": "angeiodrastikós",
          "sense": "that causes either constriction or dilation of a blood vessel",
          "word": "αγγειοδραστικός"
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          "code": "it",
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          "sense": "that causes either constriction or dilation of a blood vessel",
          "word": "vasoattivo"
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      "word": "vasoconstrictive"
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      "word": "vasoconstrictor"
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      "word": "vasodepressant"
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    {
      "word": "vasodepression"
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      "word": "vasodepressor"
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      "word": "vasodilatation"
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      "word": "vasodilate"
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      "word": "vasodilation"
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      "word": "vasodilative"
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      "word": "vasodilator"
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        "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)."
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "that causes either constriction or dilation of a blood vessel",
      "word": "vasoactif"
    },
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      "sense": "that causes either constriction or dilation of a blood vessel",
      "word": "αγγειοδραστικός"
    },
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      "sense": "that causes either constriction or dilation of a blood vessel",
      "word": "vasoattivo"
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  "word": "vasoactive"
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