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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

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;
[syn: vasoconstrictor, vasoconstrictive, pressor]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Vasoconstrictor \Vas`o*con*strict"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. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Vasoconstrictor \Vas`o*con*strict"or\, n. (Medicine, Physiology) A substance which causes constriction of the blood vessels. Such substances are used in medicine to raise abnormally low blood pressure. [PJC]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

vasoconstrictor n 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 [syn: vasoconstrictor, vasoconstrictive, pressor]