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adj
Affecting the tone of vessels (almost always with reference to blood vessels); that is, affecting the muscle tone of the smooth muscle in the walls of blood vessels, thus influencing blood flow within the lumen.
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noun
A substance (especially a drug) that is vasotonic, usually with reference to a drug that modifies the tone of vessel walls, such as a vasopressor or a phlebotonic.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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History
From vaso- + tonic.
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