vasectomize
— Verb
– English
~ remove the vas deferens; "many men choose to be vasectomized as a form of safe birth control"
vasectomy
— Noun
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~ surgical procedure that removes all or part of the vas deferens (usually as a means of sterilization); is sometimes reversible
Vaseline
— Noun
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~ a trademarked brand of petroleum jelly
vasiform
— Adjective
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~ constituting a tube; having hollow tubes (as for the passage of fluids)
Boris Vasilevich Spassky
— Noun
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~ Russian chess master who moved to Paris; world champion from 1969 to 1972 (born in 1937)
Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol
— Noun
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~ Russian writer who introduced realism to Russian literature (1809-1852)
Ivan III Vasilievich
— Noun
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~ grand duke of Muscovy whose victories against the Tartars laid the basis for Russian unity (1440-1505)
Vaslav Nijinsky
— Noun
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~ Russian dancer considered by many to be the greatest dancer of the 20th century (1890-1950)
vasoconstriction
— Noun
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~ decrease in the diameter of blood vessels
vasoconstrictive
— Noun
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~ 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
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~ 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
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~ dilation of blood vessels (especially the arteries)
vasodilative
— Noun
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~ a drug that causes dilation of blood vessels
vasodilator
— Noun
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~ a drug that causes dilation of blood vessels
Vasomax
— Noun
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~ a virility drug (trade name Vasomax) to treat erectile dysfunction in men
vasomotor
— Adjective
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~ relating to the nerves and muscles that cause the blood vessels to constrict or dilate
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