vasodilate
Americanverb (used with object)
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If it’s hot, we engage in both reflexive and voluntary activities: We sweat, vasodilate, have a cold drink, or jump in a swimming pool to cool our core.
From Scientific American ● Feb. 4, 2015
At the same time, the pulmonary arterioles that serve alveoli receiving sufficient ventilation vasodilate, which brings in greater blood flow.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
Riociguat, a soluble guanylate cyclase stimulator under development by Bayer, is thought to have vasodilating, antiproliferative and antifibrotic effects.
From Forbes ● Jul. 24, 2013
The vasorelaxation that often occurs from iodid is quite likely due to the stimulation of the thyroid gland by the iodin, and the thyroid gland secretes a vasodilating substance.
From Disturbances of the Heart by Osborne, Oliver T. (Oliver Thomas)
It has been stated that iodids are of no value except in syphilitic arteriosclerosis, but iodids in small doses are stimulant to the thyroid gland, and the thyroid secretes a vasodilating substance.
From Disturbances of the Heart by Osborne, Oliver T. (Oliver Thomas)
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