Advertisement
🇪🇸Spanish Source WordCode: ES

vasomotor

Pronunciation / Transliteration: va-so-mo-tor

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Vasomotor/ˌvæz.oʊˈmoʊ.tər/
adjectivenounCEFR C1 (Advanced)Top #28400 frequency
Full Thesaurus
🇪🇸 Example Sentence in Spanish:

"La respuesta vasomotora es crucial para regular el flujo sanguíneo."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As adjective
  1. 1

    Relating to the nerves that control the contraction and dilation of blood vessels.

    "The vasomotor response is crucial for regulating blood flow during exercise."
As noun
  1. 1

    A nerve or mechanism that affects the contraction and dilation of blood vessels.

    "The doctor explained how the vasomotor system helps maintain blood pressure."
Advertisement

Thesaurus & Semantic Spectrum

Antonyms & Contrasting Words (1)

Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from Modern Latin, combining the New Latin 'vas' (vessel, duct) meaning blood vessel, with the English 'motor' indicating movement or action. Coined in the mid-19th century during the rapid advancement of physiological neurology to describe nerves and muscles affecting blood vessel caliber.

Quick Vocabulary Retention Check

Which of the following is the closest synonym for "Vasomotor"?

Advertisement

10 Global Lexicons: How "Vasomotor" is said worldwide

Click any language below to open its dedicated Language to English dictionary page with native script & transliteration

Thesaurus & Synonyms Graph

Explore Nuanced Synonyms for "Vasomotor"

Discover exact matches, context-specific alternatives, and antonyms with intensity ratings in the VocabDictionary Thesaurus.

View "Vasomotor" Synonym Map
Advertisement