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🩸 Affecting blood vessels 💉 A blood vessel drug
vasoactive

vasoactive

7.7
A medicine that makes blood vessels get wider or narrower
  • noun
  • /ˌveɪzoʊˈæktɪv/
  • Specialized
translation icon : vasoactivo
  • An increased absorption of histamine, lipopolysaccharide endotoxins, and other vasoactives has been attributed to this lethality (Khafipour et al. 2009).

Examples

  • In cases of severe hypertension, doctors may prescribe a vasoactive medication to help lower blood pressure.

  • The research focused on the effects of vasoactive substances in regulating blood flow during surgery.

  • Patients with cardiovascular issues might need vasoactive agents to stabilize their blood vessel tone.

How Potent

vasopressor
  • Specialized
1 8.1
vasoactive
  • Specialized
7.7

Surface Forms

vasoactive singular
vasoactives plural

Morphology

vasoactive = active (semi-transparent) = vaso + active

The word is transparently built from 'vaso-' meaning vessel and 'active', but the specialized medical sense is only partly predictable for a learner.

Etymology

Vasoactive as a noun comes from vaso- meaning 'vessel' and active meaning 'acting'. So a vasoactive is a drug 'acting on blood vessels', which is why doctors use it to raise or lower blood pressure.