vasoactive

[vas-oh-ak-tiv, vey-zoh-]

adjective

Physiology, Pharmacology.

1. of or relating to a substance, drug, or event that changes the diameter of a blood vessel.

vasoactive

/ ˌveɪzəʊˈæktɪv /

adjective

1. affecting the diameter of blood vessels

   vasoactive peptides

Word History and Origins

Origin of vasoactive¹

First recorded in 1920–25; vaso- + active

Example Sentences

On the other hand, these drugs increase the concentration of the vasoactive signaling substance bradykinin.

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The researchers narrowed it down to a hormone called vasoactive intestinal peptide, or VIP.

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Aviptadil is a synthetic form of human vasoactive intestinal polypeptide, which is highly concentrated in the lungs.

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Vascular diameter responses can propagate between adjacent pericytes, but it is not yet known whether arterioles receive a signal to dilate from pericytes, or from vasoactive messengers which reach arterioles later than they reach pericytes.

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And there are numerous other bodily chemicals that turn us on, ranging from the commonplace, nitric oxide, to the obscure, vasoactive intestinal polypeptide.

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