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Vasoconstrictor

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Noun

1. pressor, vasoconstrictive, vasoconstrictor

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 Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Vasoconstrictor

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noun
1. 
a drug, agent, or nerve that causes narrowing (vasoconstriction) of the walls of blood vessels
adjective
2. 
causing vasoconstriction

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Vasoconstrictor

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adjective
1.  Physiology
causing constriction of the blood vessels
: also ˌvasoconˈstrictive
noun
2. 
a nerve or drug causing such constriction

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Vasoconstrictor

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n.
Something, such as a nerve or drug, that causes vasoconstriction.

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