English > vasoconstrictor: 1 sense > noun 1, artifact| Meaning | 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. |
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| Synonyms | vasoconstrictive, pressor |
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| Narrower | adrenergic, adrenergic drug | drug that has the effects of epinephrine |
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| angiotensin, angiotonin, Hypertensin | Any of several vasoconstrictor substances (trade name Hypertensin) that cause narrowing of blood vessels |
| coldness, cold, low temperature, frigidity, frigidness | The absence of heat |
| epinephrine, epinephrin, adrenaline, Adrenalin | A catecholamine secreted by the adrenal medulla in response to stress (trade name Adrenalin) |
| lypressin | An antidiuretic and vasoconstrictor used to treat diabetes insipidus |
| naphazoline, Privine, Sudafed | vasoconstrictor (trade names Privine and Sudafed) used in nasal sprays to treat symptoms of nasal congestion and in eyedrops to treat eye irritation |
| nicotine | An alkaloid poison that occurs in tobacco |
| noradrenaline, norepinephrine | A catecholamine precursor of epinephrine that is secreted by the adrenal medulla and also released at synapses |
| vasopressin, antidiuretic hormone, ADH, Pitressin | hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus |
| vasopressor | Any agent that produces vasoconstriction and a rise in blood pressure (usually understood as increased arterial pressure) |
| Broader | agent | An active and efficient cause |
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| Spanish | vasoconstrictor |
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| Catalan | vasoconstrictor |
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