vasoactive
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vasoactive (comparative more vasoactive, superlative most vasoactive)
- (physiology, medicine) 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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that causes either constriction or dilation of a blood vessel
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