What does "vasoconstrictive" mean?

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

What is a synonym for "vasoconstrictive"?

Common synonyms include: pressor, vasoconstrictor, vasoconstrictor.

Vasoconstrictive

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Noun

1
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 wordnet

Adjective

1
That causes vasoconstriction not-comparable

Synonyms

All synonyms

pressor vasoconstrictor vasoconstrictor

Etymology

From vaso- + constrictive.

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