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[syn: vasoconstrictor, vasoconstrictive, pressor]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Vasoconstrictor \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.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Vasoconstrictor \Vas`o*con*strict"or\, n. (Medicine, Physiology)
A substance which causes constriction of the blood vessels.
Such substances are used in medicine to raise abnormally low
blood pressure.
[PJC]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
vasoconstrictor
n 1: 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 [syn:
vasoconstrictor, vasoconstrictive, pressor]