Words starting with V

• vasluis – not validated
• vasnetsov – not validated
• Vaso — First name – Danish
• vasoconstriction — Noun – English ～ decrease in the diameter of blood vessels
• vasoconstrictive — Noun – English ～ 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 — Noun – English ～ 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 — Noun – English ～ dilation of blood vessels (especially the arteries)
• vasodilative — Noun – English ～ a drug that causes dilation of blood vessels
• vasodilator — Noun – English ～ a drug that causes dilation of blood vessels
• vasold – not validated
• Vasomax — Noun – English ～ a virility drug (trade name Vasomax) to treat erectile dysfunction in men
• vasomotor — Adjective – English ～ relating to the nerves and muscles that cause the blood vessels to constrict or dilate
• vasomotorisk – not validated
• vason – not validated
• vasool – not validated
• vasopressin — Noun – English ～ 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
• vasopressor — Noun – English ～ any agent that produces vasoconstriction and a rise in blood pressure (usually understood as increased arterial pressure)
• vasopressors – not validated
• vasoptic – not validated
• vasa vasorum — Noun – English ～ any small blood vessel ramifying on the outside of a major artery or vein

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