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Meaning of vasoactive | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR B2

Definitions

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).

Equivalents

Ελληνικά αγγειοδραστικός
Français vasoactif vasoactive
Italiano vasoattivo

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

vasocapillary vasocongestive vasoconstricted vasoconstricting vasoconstrictive vasoconstrictory

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