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vasodilation

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • /ˌvæ.sə(ʊ).daɪˈleɪ.ʃ(ə)n/
  • /veɪ.zə(ʊ)-/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

Dilation or widening of the blood vessels.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

dilation of blood vessels (especially the arteries)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: dilation, dilatation

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wāss Latin vās Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- English vaso- English dilation English vasodilation From vaso- + dilation.

Across languages

Translations

32 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Belarusian: вазадылатацыя (vazadylatacyja) — dilation of the blood vessels
  • Bulgarian: вазодилация (vazodilacija) — dilation of the blood vessels
  • Catalan: vasodilatació — dilation of the blood vessels
  • Chinese Mandarin: 血管舒張 /血管舒张 (xiěguǎnshūzhāng) — dilation of the blood vessels
  • Corsican: vasudilatazioni — dilation of the blood vessels
  • Czech: vazodilatace — dilation of the blood vessels
  • Dutch: vaatverwijding — dilation of the blood vessels
  • Dutch: vasodilatatie — dilation of the blood vessels
  • Esperanto: vazodilatado — dilation of the blood vessels
  • Estonian: vasodilatatsioon — dilation of the blood vessels
  • Finnish: verisuonten laajeneminen — dilation of the blood vessels
  • French: vasodilatation — dilation of the blood vessels
  • Galician: vasodilatación — dilation of the blood vessels
  • German: Vasodilation — dilation of the blood vessels
  • Greek: αγγειοδιαστολή (angeiodiastolí) — dilation of the blood vessels
  • Hungarian: értágítás — dilation of the blood vessels
  • Indonesian: vasodilatasi — dilation of the blood vessels
  • Italian: vasodilatazione — dilation of the blood vessels
  • Latin: vasodilatatio — dilation of the blood vessels
  • Macedonian: вазодилатација (vazodilatacija) — dilation of the blood vessels
  • Malay: pemvasodilatan — dilation of the blood vessels
  • Norwegian Bokmål: vasodilatasjon — dilation of the blood vessels
  • Polish: wazodylatacja — dilation of the blood vessels
  • Portuguese: vasodilatação — dilation of the blood vessels
  • Russian: вазодилатация (vazodilatacija) — dilation of the blood vessels
  • Serbo-Croatian: вазодилата́ција — dilation of the blood vessels
  • Serbo-Croatian: vazodilatácija — dilation of the blood vessels
  • Slovene: vazodilatacija — dilation of the blood vessels
  • Spanish: vasodilatación — dilation of the blood vessels
  • Swedish: vasodilatation — dilation of the blood vessels
  • Turkish: vazodilatasyon — dilation of the blood vessels
  • Vietnamese: giãn mạch — dilation of the blood vessels