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vasoconstrictor

[ vas-oh-kuhn-strik-ter, vey-zoh- ]

noun

Physiology, Pharmacology.
  1. a nerve or drug that causes vasoconstriction.


vasoconstrictor

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noun

  1. a drug, agent, or nerve that causes narrowing ( vasoconstriction ) of the walls of blood vessels
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

adjective

  1. causing vasoconstriction
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ËŒ±¹²¹²õ´Ç³¦´Ç²Ôˈ²õ³Ù°ù¾±³¦³Ù¾±±¹±ð, adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of vasoconstrictor1

First recorded in 1875–80; vaso- + constrictor
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Example Sentences

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Caffeine has vasoconstrictor properties, meaning it causes blood vessels to squeeze together, which can briefly raise heart rate.

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Slowly, Zuñiga’s numbers began to recover as the ventilator and vasoconstrictors did their work.

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Afrin is basically neosynephrine, a potent vasoconstrictor, and would be ideal to put on a tissue stuffed deeply in the nose.

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You turn the bed lamp on, open a book: vasoconstrictor and barbiturate make words in oval light reverberate.

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The first such drugs, called ergotamines, were powerful vasoconstrictors derived from the ergot fungus, which grows on rye and other grains and led to mass poisonings in the Middle Ages.

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