Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cardiovagal

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: car-dio-va-gal
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Relating to the vagus nerve and blood pressure

Example Sentences

"This BP-decrease induces baroreflex-mediated central cardiovagal inhibition and sympathetic activation resulting in a continuous HR-increase during VM-phase II, and peripheral vasoconstriction with BP increase during the VM-phase II late [19 ,25 ]."

Etymology

From cardio- + vagal.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: cardio

Questions

What does cardiovagal mean?: Relating to the vagus nerve and blood pressure
Where does cardiovagal come from?: From cardio- + vagal.

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