vasomotor
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of vasomotor
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Both vasomotor symptoms in menopause and migraines have to do with blood vessel contraction and dilation.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 14, 2024
But vasomotor symptoms, such as hot flashes and night sweats that occur due to constriction or dilation of blood vessels, are not fully understood.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 5, 2021
“You may have some vasomotor symptoms,” said my consultant, adding that the whole thing would not last more than six months.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 15, 2015
The preganglionic sympathetic fibers that are responsible for increasing heart rate are referred to as the cardiac accelerator nerves, whereas the preganglionic sympathetic fibers responsible for constricting blood vessels compose the vasomotor nerves.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
The suggested pain brings about vasomotor and other bodily changes that prove, as similar tests in the other cases prove, that simulation is impossible and the phenomena are real.
From The Story of the Mind by James Mark Baldwin
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