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VASODILATIVE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does vasodilative mean? 

VASODILATIVE (noun)
  The noun VASODILATIVE has 1 sense:

1. a drug that causes dilation of blood vesselsplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


VASODILATIVE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A drug that causes dilation of blood vessels

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

vasodilative; vasodilator

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

dilator (a drug that causes dilation)

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

amlodipine besylate; Norvasc (a vasodilator (trade name Norvasc) taken in tablet form; prescribed for hypertension and angina pectoris)

amyl nitrate (a vasodilator that is sometimes used to treat angina pectoris)

butyl nitrite; isobutyl nitrite (a colorless pungent liquid sometimes used as a stimulant drug by drug abusers)

diazoxide; Hyperstat (vasodilator (trade name Hyperstat) used to treat severe hypertension)

Apresoline; hydralazine (an antihypertensive drug (trade name Apresoline) that dilates blood vessels; used (often with a diuretic) to treat hypertension and congestive heart failure)

Loniten; minoxidil; Rogaine (a vasodilator (trade name Loniten) used to treat severe hypertension; one side effect is hirsutism so it is also sold (trade name Rogaine) as a treatment for male-patterned baldness)

Nitrospan; Nitrostat (trade names for nitroglycerin used as a coronary vasodilator in the treatment of angina pectoris)

pentaerythritol; Peritrate (a coronary vasodilator (trade name Peritrate) used to treat angina pectoris)

tolazoline (vasodilator that is used to treat spasms of peripheral blood vessels (as in acrocyanosis))

glyceryl trinitrate; nitroglycerin; nitroglycerine; Nitrospan; Nitrostat; trinitroglycerin (a heavy yellow poisonous oily explosive liquid obtained by nitrating glycerol; used in making explosives and medically as a vasodilator (trade names Nitrospan and Nitrostat))


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