Crossword clues for vasoconstrictor
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Vasoconstrictor \Vas`o*con*strict"or\, a. (Physiol.) Causing constriction of the blood vessels; as, the vasoconstrictor nerves, stimulation of which causes constriction of the blood vessels to which they go. These nerves are also called vasohypertonic.
Wiktionary
n. (context medicine English) Any substance that causes vasoconstriction
WordNet
n. 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 [syn: vasoconstrictive]
Usage examples of "vasoconstrictor".
Cocaine is a vasoconstrictor and bronchodilator - it reduces blood flow to vessels near the surface of the skin and opens up the breathing passages.
It was a simple thing, a coded beat of high-frequency pulses that would turn the bugs in Anne’s head into little factories, flooding her brain with vasoconstrictors, creating millions of tiny aneurisms.