vasoactive (English, adj)
expansion: vasoactive (comparative more vasoactive, superlative most vasoactive)
Senses:
topics: medicine
physiology
sciences
glosses: 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).
Forms:
form: more vasoactive
tags: comparative
form: most vasoactive
tags: superlative