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vasodilator
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vasodilator [¦vā·zō′dī‚lād·ər]
(physiology)
A nerve or an agent that causes blood vessel dilation.


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8-12) Among these changes are an increase in blood pressure values, locoregional vasodilation, and transient inflammation brought about by an increase in the permeability of the erythrocyte membrane.
In these groups, vasodilation in response to A23187 infusion at 20 and 40 psi was significantly greater than that observed in rats exposed to either particle at 0.
Such a state means vasodilation is needed; cardiac patients are prostaglandin-dependent.
 
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