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Vasoactive
Meaning
Adj
●
In Medicine & Physiology:
Active on
vessel
walls
, that is,
causing
either
constriction
or
dilation
of a
blood vessel
, thus
affecting
hemodynamics
(
blood flow
). Vasoactive
substances
may be
endogenous
(
for example
,
endogenous
angiotensin
,
vasopressin
, or
epinephrine
) or
exogenous
(
for example
,
pharmaceutical
vasopressin
or
epinephrine
).
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Related
Vasopressor
Vasoconstrictor
Vasodilation
Vasoconstrictive
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