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| vasoconstrictor /vaso·con·stric·tor/ (-kon-strik´ter) |
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1. causing constriction of blood vessels.
2. a nerve or agent that does this. |
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| prostaglandins, thromboxane A2, leukotriene D4, angiotensin II, vasopressin, neuropeptide Y, endothelin. |
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adrenergic nerve fibers in the walls of all blood vessels except capillaries. |
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are medicines that act directly on muscles in blood vessel walls to make blood vessels widen (dilate)
Samples of vasodilators hydralazine (Apresoline) and minoxidil (Loniten). |
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