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vasoactive

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.59 in modern English

Syllables
va-soac-tive
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Active on vessel walls, that is, causing either constriction or dilation of a blood vessel, thus affecting hemodynamics (blood flow). Vasoactive substances may be endogenous (for example, endogenous angiotensin, vasopressin, or epinephrine) or exogenous (for example, pharmaceutical vasopressin or epinephrine).

Etymology

From vaso- + active.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more vasoactive (comparative) most vasoactive (superlative)

Derived Forms

nonvasoactive

Phrases

vasoactive intestinal peptide

Frequently Paired Words

vasoactivity vasoconstriction vasoconstrictive vasoconstrictor vasodepressant vasodepression vasodepressor vasodilatation

Questions

What does vasoactive mean?
Active on vessel walls, that is, causing either constriction or dilation of a blood vessel, thus affecting hemodynamics (blood flow). Vasoactive substances may be endogenous (for example, endogenous angiotensin, vasopressin, or epinephrine) or exogenous (for example, pharmaceutical vasopressin or epinephrine).
Where does vasoactive come from?
From vaso- + active.

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