vasoactive
English
adj
Definitions
- (physiology) 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).
Etymology
Prefix from English active.
Origin
English
active
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- actimetry English
- activase English
- activate English
- active English
- active material English
- actively English
- activeness English
- activewear English
- activism English
- activist English
- activize English
- actometry English
- ambiactive English
- autoactive English
- bioactive English
- bronchoactive English
- cardioactive English
- cyberactive English
- cytoactive English
- electroactive English
- endoactive English
- exoactive English
- hyperactive English
- hypoactive English
- immunoactive English
- interactive English
- magnetoactive English
- mucoactive English
- myoactive English
- neuroactive English
- nonactive English
- nonvasoactive English
- normoactive English
- overactive English
- pharmacoactive English
- photoactive English
- phytoactive English
- piezoactive English
- preactive English
- proactive English
- pseudoactive English
- psychoactive English
- psychroactive English
- radioactive English
- semi-active English
- subactive English
- superactive English
- unactive English
- underactive English
- venoactive English
- actif Middle English
- aktiv Albanian
- active
- activist
- activate
- activism
- activase
- actively
- unactive
- activize
- actimetry
- exoactive
- preactive
- bioactive
- proactive
- nonactive
- subactive
- actometry
- myoactive
- autoactive
- endoactive
- overactive
- venoactive
- mucoactive
- ambiactive
- hypoactive
- activeness
- activewear
- cytoactive
- interactive
- radioactive
- semi-active
- neuroactive
- piezoactive
- phytoactive
- normoactive
- photoactive
- underactive
- cyberactive
- hyperactive
- superactive
- psychoactive
- immunoactive
- cardioactive
- pseudoactive
- nonvasoactive
- psychroactive
- electroactive
- magnetoactive
- bronchoactive
- pharmacoactive
- active material