vasoconstriction

English

Etymology

vaso- +‎ constriction

Noun

vasoconstriction (countable and uncountable, plural vasoconstrictions)

(physiology) Constriction or narrowing of a blood vessel.
Antonym: vasodilation

Antonyms

vasodilation

Hyponyms

Related terms

See vasoactive § Related terms

Translations

constriction of a blood vessel

Czech: vazokonstrikce f
Dutch: vasoconstrictie (nl) f
Finnish: verisuonten supistuminen
Greek: αγγειοσυστολή (el) f (angeiosystolí)
Icelandic: æðaþrenging f, æðasamdráttur m
Indonesian: vasokonstriksi
Malay: pemvasocerutan
Portuguese: vasoconstrição (pt) f
Russian: вазоконстрикция (ru) f (vazokonstrikcija)
Spanish: vasoconstricción f
Swedish: vasokonstriktion (sv) c
Vietnamese: sự co mạch

Further reading

vasoconstriction on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

French

Pronunciation

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Noun

vasoconstriction f (plural vasoconstrictions)

vasoconstriction

Further reading

“vasoconstriction”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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