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vasodilator Definition

vaso·di·la·tor (--dīlāt′ər)

adjective

Physiol. causing dilatation of the blood vessels

Etymology: vaso- + dilator

noun

a nerve or drug causing such dilatation

vasodilator Related Forms
vas′o·dil′a·ta·tion (--dil′ə tās̸hən) noun or vas′o·di·la·tion--dīs̸hən
vasodilator Usage Examples

Adjective modifier

  • potent: They also reduce the rate of bradykinin inactivation, which is a potent vasodilator.
  • other: Other vasodilators There are still many alternative treatments available, for example, drugs acting on the central nervous system.
  • peripheral: It acts as a peripheral vasodilator and has beneficial effects on collagen, a vital structural component of the vascular system.
  • pulmonary: Pulmonary vasodilators These are used to reduce the lung artery pressure, to treat pulmonary hypertension.
  • powerful: ACE inhibitors are powerful vasodilators, that is, they widen blood vessels.

Modifies a noun

  • effect: Papers describing the coronary vasodilator effects of acetylcholine in humans have appeared in prestigious journals from 1987 until the present.
  • stimulus: Have to be to vasodilator stimuli of california san actual course of events.

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