vasodilator
[ vas-oh-dahy-ley-ter, -di-, -dahy-ley-, vey-zoh- ]
/ ˌvæs oʊ daɪˈleɪ tər, -dɪ-, -ˈdaɪ leɪ-, ˌveɪ zoʊ- /
Save This Word!
noun Physiology, Pharmacology.
a nerve or drug that causes vasodilatation.
QUIZZES
QUIZ YOURSELF ON THE MANY TYPES OF NOUNS
They're everywhere you turn, but can you identify the 10 types of nouns easily? This quiz will test your mettle against singular, plural, concrete, abstract, common, proper, collective, compound, countable, and uncountable nouns!
Question 1 of 7
Shoelaces, rainbow, toothpaste, and haircuts are all what type of noun?
Meet Grammar Coach
Improve Your Writing
Words nearby vasodilator
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2021
Example sentences from the Web for vasodilator
Alcohol is a vasodilator and does the opposite of warming you.
This is known as the vasodilator center, and it acts in opposition to the vasoconstrictor.
Physiology|Ernest G. MartinIt does not cause vascular constriction but has a preliminary vasodilator action.
Surgery, with Special Reference to Podiatry|Maximilian Stern
British Dictionary definitions for vasodilator
vasodilator
/ (ˌveɪzəʊdaɪˈleɪtə) /
noun
a drug, agent, or nerve that can cause dilatation (vasodilatation) of the walls of blood vessels
adjective
causing vasodilatation
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition
© William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Medical definitions for vasodilator
vasodilator
[ vā′zō-dī-lā′tər, -dĭ-, -dī′lā- ]
n.
Something, such as a nerve or drug, that causes vasodilation.
adj.
Producing vasodilation.
The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.