vasoconstrictor : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: vasoconstrictor	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for vasoconstrictor
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
vasoconstrictor n any agent that causes a narrowing of an opening of a blood vessel: cold or stress or nicotine or epinephrine or norepinephrine or angiotensin or vasopressin or certain drugs; maintains or increases blood pressure Synonym(s): vasoconstrictor, vasoconstrictive, pressor
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vasoconstrictor \Vas`oconstrict"or\, a. (Physiol.) Causing constriction of the blood vessels; as, the vasoconstrictor nerves, stimulation of which causes constriction of the blood vessels to which they go. These nerves are also called {vasohypertonic}.