HEMODYNAMICS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hemodynamics mean? 

• HEMODYNAMICS (noun)
  The noun HEMODYNAMICS has 1 sense:

1. the branch of physiology that studies the circulation of the blood and the forces involved

  Familiarity information: HEMODYNAMICS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HEMODYNAMICS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The branch of physiology that studies the circulation of the blood and the forces involved

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("hemodynamics" is a kind of...):

physiology (the branch of the biological sciences dealing with the functioning of organisms)

 Context examples 

This agent improves hemodynamics in patients with ventricular dysfunction by increasing the stroke volume index and left ventricular contractility and by producing pulmonary vasodilation.

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