Medical Definition Vasodilation

Vasodilation: What Causes Blood Vessels to Widen

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Vasodilation is the medical term for when blood vessels in your body widen, allowing more blood to flow through them and lowering your blood pressure. This process happens normally in your body without you realizing it. It can be caused by things you eat …

Vasodilation: What it is, causes, and more - Medical …

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Vasodilation refers to the widening of the arteries and large blood vessels. It is a natural process …

Vasodilation | definition of vasodilation by Medical dictionary

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vasodilation. [ vas″o-di-la´shun] 1. increase in the caliber of blood vessels. 2. a state of increased caliber of blood vessels. Extreme, abnormal vasodilation is called angiectasis. …

Vasodilation Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

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vasodilation noun va· so· di· la· tion ˌvā-zō-dī-ˈlā-shən -də- variants or vasodilatation ˌvā-zō-ˌdi-lə-ˈtā-shən -ˌdī-lə- : widening of the lumen of blood vessels Example Sentences …

Vasodilation: Your Blood Vessels Opening - Healthline

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Vasodilation - Definition and Function | Biology Dictionary

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Vasodilation is the dilation, or widening, of blood vessels. (The word dilatation is also sometimes used instead of dilation when talking about a hollow, tubular …

Medical Definition of Vasodilation - MedicineNet

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Vasodilation: Widening of blood vessels that results from relaxation of the muscular walls of the vessels. What widens in vasodilation is actually the diameter of the …

Vasodilators - Mayo Clinic

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Vasodilators are medications that open (dilate) blood vessels. They affect the muscles in the walls of the arteries and veins, preventing the muscles from tightening …

Vasoconstriction: What Is It, Symptoms, Causes

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Vasoconstriction (muscles tightening your blood vessels to shrink the space inside) is something your body needs to do sometimes. For example, when you’re outside in the …

Vasodilator Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

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Medical Definition vasodilator 1 of 2 noun va· so· di· la· tor ˌvā-zō-ˈdī-ˌlāt-ər : an agent (as a parasympathetic nerve fiber or a drug) that induces or initiates vasodilation vasodilator …