VASOCONSTRICTIVE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does vasoconstrictive mean? 

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

1. 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

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• VASOCONSTRICTIVE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

pressor; vasoconstrictive; vasoconstrictor

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

agent (an active and efficient cause; capable of producing a certain effect)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "vasoconstrictive"):

adrenergic; adrenergic drug (drug that has the effects of epinephrine)

angiotensin; angiotonin; Hypertensin (any of several vasoconstrictor substances (trade name Hypertensin) that cause narrowing of blood vessels)

lypressin (an antidiuretic and vasoconstrictor used to treat diabetes insipidus)

naphazoline; Privine; Sudafed (vasoconstrictor (trade names Privine and Sudafed) used in nasal sprays to treat symptoms of nasal congestion and in eyedrops to treat eye irritation)

vasopressor (any agent that produces vasoconstriction and a rise in blood pressure (usually understood as increased arterial pressure))

cold; coldness; frigidity; frigidness; low temperature (the absence of heat)

noradrenaline; norepinephrine (a catecholamine precursor of epinephrine that is secreted by the adrenal medulla and also released at synapses)

Adrenalin; adrenaline; epinephrin; epinephrine (a catecholamine secreted by the adrenal medulla in response to stress (trade name Adrenalin); stimulates autonomic nerve action)

ADH; antidiuretic hormone; Pitressin; vasopressin (hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus; affects blood pressure by stimulating capillary muscles and reduces urine flow by affecting reabsorption of water by kidney tubules)

nicotine (an alkaloid poison that occurs in tobacco; used in medicine and as an insecticide)

 Context examples 

An adrenergic agonist with vasoconstrictive activity.

(Etilefrine, NCI Thesaurus)

A prodrug of etilefrine, an adrenergic agonist with vasoconstrictive activity.

(Etilefrine Pivalate, NCI Thesaurus)

This prevents the potent vasoconstrictive actions of angiotensin II and results in vasodilation.

(Alacepril, NCI Thesaurus)

The propionate salt form of clobetasol, a topical synthetic corticosteroid with anti-inflammatory, anti-pruritic, and vasoconstrictive properties.

(Clobetasol Propionate, NCI Thesaurus)

The acetonide salt form of fluocinolone, a synthetic fluorinated corticosteroid with antiinflammatory, antipruritic and vasoconstrictive properties.

(Fluocinolone Acetonide, NCI Thesaurus)

Alclometasone dipropionate is a glucocorticoid receptor agonist that mimics the metabolic, anti-inflammatory, immunosuppressive, antipruritic, and vasoconstrictive effects of natural glucocorticoids.

(Alclometasone Dipropionate, NCI Thesaurus)

This prevents the potent vasoconstrictive actions of angiotensin II, resulting in vasodilation.

(Benazepril Hydrochloride, NCI Thesaurus)

The furoate salt form of mometasone, a synthetic topical glucocorticosteroid receptor agonist with anti-inflammatory, anti-pruritic and vasoconstrictive properties.

(Mometasone furoate, NCI Thesaurus)

An imidazole derivative and a direct-acting sympathomimetic amine with vasoconstrictive activity.

(Naphazoline, NCI Thesaurus)

The maleate salt of methylergonovine, a semi-synthetic ergot alkaloid with vasoconstrictive and uterotonic effects.

(Methylergonovine Maleate, NCI Thesaurus)