Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Increase or diminution of the caliber of a vessel, usually a blood-vessel.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A change in the
diameter (caliber ) of ablood vessel
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Examples
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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
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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.
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"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
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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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