vasoconstriction

English

Etymology

From vaso- +‎ constriction.

Noun

vasoconstriction (countable and uncountable, plural vasoconstrictions)

1. (physiology) Constriction or narrowing of a blood vessel.

   Antonym: vasodilation

Antonyms

• vasodilation

Hyponyms

• arterioconstriction
• venoconstriction

Related terms

• See vasoactive § Related terms

Translations

constriction of a blood vessel

• Czech: vazokonstrikce f
• Dutch: vasoconstrictie (nl) f
• Finnish: verisuonten supistuminen
• French: vasoconstriction (fr) f
• 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)

1. vasoconstriction

Further reading

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