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VASODILATOR

\vasˈɒdɪlˌe͡ɪtə], \vasˈɒdɪlˌe‍ɪtə], \v_a_s_ˈɒ_d_ɪ_l_ˌeɪ_t_ə]\

Definitions of VASODILATOR

2006 - WordNet 3.0
2011 - English Dictionary Database
1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms.
1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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a drug that causes dilation of blood vessels

2006 - WordNet 3.0
By Princeton University

a drug that causes dilation of blood vessels

2011 - English Dictionary Database
By DataStellar Co., Ltd

An agent which causes dilatation of the blood-vessels; a nerve, stimulation of which results in dilatation of the blood-vessels.

1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop

Relaxing or enlarging the vessels.

1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms.
By Henderson, I. F.; Henderson, W. D.

Causing dilatation of blood-vessels.
A nerve thus acting.

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

Causing active dilatation of the smaller arteries (said of certain nerves and drugs). [Lat.]

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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