vasectomize
— Udsagnsord
– Engelsk
~ remove the vas deferens; "many men choose to be vasectomized as a form of safe birth control"
vasectomy
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ surgical procedure that removes all or part of the vas deferens (usually as a means of sterilization); is sometimes reversible
Vaseline
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ a trademarked brand of petroleum jelly
vasiform
— Tillægsord
– Engelsk
~ constituting a tube; having hollow tubes (as for the passage of fluids)
Boris Vasilevich Spassky
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ Russian chess master who moved to Paris; world champion from 1969 to 1972 (born in 1937)
Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ Russian writer who introduced realism to Russian literature (1809-1852)
Ivan Iv Vasilievich
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ the first czar of Russia (1530-1584)
Ivan III Vasilievich
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ grand duke of Muscovy whose victories against the Tartars laid the basis for Russian unity (1440-1505)
Vaslav Nijinsky
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ Russian dancer considered by many to be the greatest dancer of the 20th century (1890-1950)
vasoconstriction
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ decrease in the diameter of blood vessels
vasoconstrictive
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ 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
vasoconstrictor
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ 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
vasodilation
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ dilation of blood vessels (especially the arteries)
vasodilative
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ a drug that causes dilation of blood vessels
vasodilator
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ a drug that causes dilation of blood vessels
Vasomax
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ a virility drug (trade name Vasomax) to treat erectile dysfunction in men
vasomotor
— Tillægsord
– Engelsk
~ relating to the nerves and muscles that cause the blood vessels to constrict or dilate
vasopressin
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus; affects blood pressure by stimulating capillary muscles and reduces urine flow by affecting reabsorption of water by kidney tubules