vasoactive
adjEtymology From vaso- + active.
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Medicine, Physiology, Sciences 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).
- Derived terms
- vasoactive intestinal peptide
- Related terms
- vasoactivity, vasoconstriction, vasoconstrictive, vasoconstrictor, vasodepressant, vasodepression, vasodepressor, vasodilatation, vasodilatative, vasodilatatory, vasodilate, vasodilation, vasodilative, vasodilator, vasodilatory, vasomotor, vasopressin, vasopressor, vasotonic, vasotonin