vasoconstrictor

From vaso- +‎ constrictor.

vasoconstrictor (plural vasoconstrictors)

1. (pharmacology) Any substance that causes vasoconstriction.
   • 2019 November 16, Jay Wellons, “The Danger of Traveling Light”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     “Anyone have any nasal spray?” I asked. “Afrin specifically?” Afrin is basically neosynephrine, a potent vasoconstrictor, and would be ideal to put on a tissue stuffed deeply in the nose.

• vasodilator

• See vasoactive § Related terms

• vasoconstrictor on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Borrowed from French vaso-constricteur.

vasoconstrictor m or n (feminine singular vasoconstrictoare, masculine plural vasoconstrictori, feminine and neuter plural vasoconstrictoare)

1. vasoconstrictor

vasoconstrictor (feminine vasoconstrictora, masculine plural vasoconstrictores, feminine plural vasoconstrictoras)

1. vasoconstrictive

vasoconstrictor m (plural vasoconstrictores)

1. vasoconstrictor

• “vasoconstrictor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16