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vasoactive

adj · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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adj

Meaning 1

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).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: medicine, physiology, sciences

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Etymology

From vaso- + active.

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3 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • French: vasoactif — that causes either constriction or dilation of a blood vessel
  • Greek: αγγειοδραστικός (angeiodrastikós) — that causes either constriction or dilation of a blood vessel
  • Italian: vasoattivo — that causes either constriction or dilation of a blood vessel