Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Dilatation of the blood-vessels.
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- noun
dilatation of ablood vessel
Etymologies
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Examples
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Sodium is important for maintaining blood volume, it works in concert with potassium, which is needed for vasodilatation or constriction, and it also interacts with calcium, which is needed for vascular smooth muscle tone.
Kristin Wartman: Change in Season: Why Salt Doesn't Deserve Its Bad Rap Kristin Wartman 2011
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Sodium is important for maintaining blood volume, it works in concert with potassium, which is needed for vasodilatation or constriction, and it also interacts with calcium, which is needed for vascular smooth muscle tone.
Kristin Wartman: Change in Season: Why Salt Doesn't Deserve Its Bad Rap Kristin Wartman 2011
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Indirect moxibustion is intended to induce a gradual, localized vasodilatation response.
Hollye Harrington Jacobs: Exploring the World of Alternative Breast Cancer Treatments Hollye Harrington Jacobs 2011
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These actions may reset the “temperature control” in the hypothalamus, thereby facilitating heat dissipation by vasodilatation.
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Indirect moxibustion is intended to induce a gradual, localized vasodilatation response.
Hollye Harrington Jacobs: Exploring the World of Alternative Breast Cancer Treatments Hollye Harrington Jacobs 2011
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Nitric oxide is involved in vasodilatation (dilation of the blood vessels).
Dr. Nicholas Perricone: Love at First Bite! Dr. Perricone's Top Ten Foods to Enhance Your Sex Life 2009
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The vasodilatation process is used by the body to regulate temperature by enlarging or contracting the surface superficial blood vessels dilations, and thereby controlling the amount of heat released by the body.
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The vasodilatation process is used by the body to regulate temperature by enlarging or contracting the surface superficial blood vessels dilations, and thereby controlling the amount of heat released by the body.
Archive 2007-09-01 2007
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After 1900 an entirely separate line of inquiry centered on the pharmacological actions of histamine, which, when administered intravenously to anesthetized animals, caused vasodilatation or widening of the systemic arterioles and a steep decline in systemic blood pressure.
The Mad Among Us Gerald N. Grob 1994
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After 1900 an entirely separate line of inquiry centered on the pharmacological actions of histamine, which, when administered intravenously to anesthetized animals, caused vasodilatation or widening of the systemic arterioles and a steep decline in systemic blood pressure.
The Mad Among Us Gerald N. Grob 1994
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