vasodepression
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
20
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Loss of muscle tone in the tunica media of blood vessel walls, resulting in vasodilation and thus the lowering of blood pressure.
Uncountable
Etymology
From vaso- + depression.
Word Breakdown
- Prefix: vaso
Usage
Phrases
vasoactive § Related terms