VASODILATION

Meaning of VASODILATION in English

(also vasodilatation -ˌdʌɪleɪ'teɪʃ(ə)n )

■ noun the dilatation of blood vessels, which decreases blood pressure.

Derivatives

vasodilator noun

vasodilatory adjective

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VASODILATION — or vasodilatation noun Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary Date: 1896 widening of the lumen of blood vessels
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
VASODILATION — “+ noun Etymology: vas- + dilation : vasodilatation
Webster's New International English Dictionary
VASODILATION — n. dilation of the blood vessels
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
VASODILATION — noun or va·so·di·la·ta·tion -ˌdi-lə-ˈtā-shən, -ˌdī-lə- Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary Date: 1896 : widening of the lumen of blood vessels
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
VASODILATION — [va.so.di.la.tion] or va.so.di.la.ta.tion n [ISV] (1896): widening of the lumen of blood vessels
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VASODILATION — / ˌveɪzəʊdaɪˈleɪʃn; NAmE -zoʊ-/ noun [ U ] ( biology or medical ) a process in which blood vessels become …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
VASODILATION — Widening of blood vessels resulting from relaxation of the muscular wall of the vessels. What widens is actually the diameter …
English Dictionary of Medicine
VASODILATION — dilation of the blood vessels.
AIDS English Glossary
VASODILATION — n. Pronunciation: -d ī - ' l ā -sh ə n, -d ə - Variant: or va · so · …
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VASODILATOR — noun Date: 1881 an agent (as a parasympathetic nerve fiber or a drug) that induces or initiates vasodilation
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
VASODILATATION — noun see: vasodilation
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
KALLIKREIN — noun see: raw Date: 1930 a hypotensive protease that liberates kinins from blood plasma proteins and is used therapeutically for …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
BRADYKININ — noun Date: 1949 a kinin that is formed locally in injured tissue, acts in vasodilation of small arterioles, is considered …
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BETA-RECEPTOR — noun Date: 1948 any of a group of receptors that are present on cell surfaces of some effector organs and …
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ALPROSTADIL — noun Etymology: probably from 2alpha + prostaglandin + -il, alteration of -yl Date: 1981 a prostaglandin C 20 H 34 …
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VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL PEPTIDE — noun or vasoactive intestinal polypeptide : a protein hormone that consists of a chain of 28 amino acid residues, has …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
KALLIKREIN — ˌkaləˈkrēə̇n, kəˈlik- noun ( -s ) Etymology: German, from Greek kallikre as sweetbread, pancreas (from kalli- calli- + kreas flesh) …
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BRADYKININ — ¦brādə̇¦kīnə̇n noun Etymology: brady- + kinin (herein) : a kinin that is formed locally in injured tissue, acts in vasodilation …
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BETA-RECEPTOR — ¦ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ¦ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ noun : any of a group of receptors that are postulated to exist on cell …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HORNER'S SYNDROME — noun Usage: usually capitalized H Etymology: after Johann F. Horner died 1886 Swiss ophthalmologist : a syndrome marked by sinking …
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VASODILATATION — /vas'oh dil'euh tay"sheuhn, -duy'leuh-, vay'zoh-/ , n. Physiol. dilatation of the blood vessels, as by the action of a nerve. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
ERYTHRITOL — /i rith"ri tawl', -tol'/ , n. Chem., Pharm. a white, crystalline, water-soluble, sweet-tasting, tetrahydroxyl compound, C 4 H 10 O …
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BUTYL NITRITE
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BETA RECEPTOR — Biochem., Physiol. a site on a cell, as of the heart, that, upon interaction with epinephrine or norepinephrine, controls heartbeat …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
VASODILATATION — see vasodilation
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
VASODILATOR — noun Date: 1881 : an agent (as a parasympathetic nerve fiber or a drug) that induces or initiates vasodilation
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
KALLIKREIN — noun Etymology: German, from Greek kallikreas sweetbread, pancreas, from kalli- beautiful (from kallos beauty) + kreas flesh — more at …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
BRADYKININ — noun Date: 1949 : a kinin that is formed locally in injured tissue, acts in vasodilation of small arterioles, is …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
BETA-RECEPTOR — noun Date: 1948 : any of a group of receptors that are present on cell surfaces of some effector organs …
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ALPROSTADIL — noun Etymology: probably from al pha (II) + prosta glan d in + -il, alteration of -yl Date: 1981 : …
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YEAR IN REVIEW 2000: LIFE-SCIENCES — BOTANY The politics surrounding the genetic engineering of plants became rancorous in 1999. In many Western European countries, trials of …
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