Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Increase or diminution of the caliber of a vessel, usually a blood-vessel.

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  • noun A change in the diameter (caliber) of a blood vessel

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Examples

  • JOS accounts for thermal conductance between tissues, a detailed vascular system, and the human thermoregulatory system consisting of perspiration, vasomotion, shivering heat production, and arterio-venous anatomies.

    Scientific Blogging Hatice Cullingford 2010

  • The fact that vasomotion (the ability to undergo vasodilation and vasoconstriction) was restored in response to vasoactive agents in the stented vessel segment was a really good sign.

    Health News from Medical News Today 2009

  • "The absence of a foreign body and the restoration of vasomotion raise the hope of a normal healed vessel without the risk of late stent thrombosis," the researchers said.

    MedPageToday.com - medical news plus CME for physicians 2009

  • Schuler G, Hambrecht R (2001) Exercise training in coronary artery disease and coronary vasomotion.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Andrew Collins et al. 2009

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