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VASOCONSTRICTIVE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Any agent that causes a narrowing of an opening of a blood vessel: cold or stress or nicotine or epinephrine or norepinephrine or angiotensin or vasopressin or certain drugs; maintains or increases blood pressure

Synonyms:

pressor; vasoconstrictive; vasoconstrictor

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("vasoconstrictive" is a kind of...):

agent (an active and efficient cause; capable of producing a certain effect)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "vasoconstrictive"):

adrenergic; adrenergic drug (drug that has the effects of epinephrine)

angiotensin; angiotonin; Hypertensin (any of several vasoconstrictor substances (trade name Hypertensin) that cause narrowing of blood vessels)

lypressin (an antidiuretic and vasoconstrictor used to treat diabetes insipidus)

naphazoline; Privine; Sudafed (vasoconstrictor (trade names Privine and Sudafed) used in nasal sprays to treat symptoms of nasal congestion and in eyedrops to treat eye irritation)

vasopressor (any agent that produces vasoconstriction and a rise in blood pressure (usually understood as increased arterial pressure))

cold; coldness; frigidity; frigidness; low temperature (the absence of heat)

noradrenaline; norepinephrine (a catecholamine precursor of epinephrine that is secreted by the adrenal medulla and also released at synapses)

Adrenalin; adrenaline; epinephrin; epinephrine (a catecholamine secreted by the adrenal medulla in response to stress (trade name Adrenalin); stimulates autonomic nerve action)

ADH; antidiuretic hormone; Pitressin; vasopressin (hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus; affects blood pressure by stimulating capillary muscles and reduces urine flow by affecting reabsorption of water by kidney tubules)

nicotine (an alkaloid poison that occurs in tobacco; used in medicine and as an insecticide)

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 Context examples: 

The butyrate salt form of hydrocortisone, a synthetic glucocorticoid receptor agonist with antiinflammatory, antipruritic and vasoconstrictive effects.

(Hydrocortisone Butyrate, NCI Thesaurus)

This prevents the potent vasoconstrictive actions of angiotensin II resulting in vasodilation.

(Benazepril, NCI Thesaurus)

The hydrochloride salt form of naphazoline, an imidazole derivative and a direct-acting sympathomimetic amine with vasoconstrictive properties.

(Naphazoline Hydrochloride, NCI Thesaurus)

A commercial combination preparation, by Wyeth, containing brompheniramine maleate and phenylpropanolamine hydrochloride, with antihistaminergic and vasoconstrictive properties.

(Dimetapp, NCI Thesaurus)

The valerate salt form of hydrocortisone, a synthetic glucocorticoid receptor agonist with antiinflammatory, antipruritic and vasoconstrictive effects.

(Hydrocortisone Valerate, NCI Thesaurus)

The probutate salt form of hydrocortisone, a synthetic glucocorticoid receptor agonist with antiinflammatory, antipruritic and vasoconstrictive effects.

(Hydrocortisone Probutate, NCI Thesaurus)

Fluocinolone exerts its vasoconstrictive effect through inhibition of nitric oxide synthase, thereby blocking nitric oxide production and effectively diminishing the effect of nitric oxide on vascular smooth muscles leading to reduced blood flow.

(Fluocinolone Acetonide, NCI Thesaurus)