Meaning of VASOCONSTRICTOR
| Pronunciation: | | `vasowkun'striktur
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 WordNet Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | [n] any agent that causes a narrowing of an opening of a blood vessel: cold or stress or nicotine or epinephrine or norepinephrine or angiotensin or vasopressin or certain drugs; maintains or increases blood pressure |
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| | Synonyms: | | vasoconstrictive |
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| | See Also: | | ADH, Adrenalin, adrenaline, adrenergic, adrenergic drug, agent, angiotensin, angiotonin, antidiuretic hormone, cold, coldness, epinephrin, epinephrine, Hypertensin, low temperature, lypressin, naphazoline, nicotine, noradrenaline, norepinephrine, Pitressin, Privine, stress, Sudafed, tenseness, tension, vasopressin, vasopressor | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Vas`o*con*strict"or\, a. (Physiol.)
Causing constriction of the blood vessels; as, the
vasoconstrictor nerves, stimulation of which causes
constriction of the blood vessels to which they go. These
nerves are also called {vasohypertonic}.
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| Biology Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | Something which causes vasoconstriction, or the narrowing of blood vessels so that less blood is able to flow through at a time. This can either be a chemical substance or a nerve. |
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