noun
definition
A drug or chemical agent that causes dilation of the blood vessels thereby reducing blood pressure.
Examples of vasodilators in a Sentence
She was treated with high dose oral steroids, low molecular weight dextran and vasodilators with benefit.
The effectiveness of most vasodilators is, however, reduced in the hypertensive lung and they cause systemic hypotension.
We showed that nitric oxide did not play a role in normal or abnormal pregnancy and speculated that other vasodilators may be involved.
In this paper we hypothesized that invasive trophoblast released vasodilators which would dilate spiral arteries as an initial step in the physiology of transformation.
Other vasodilators There are still many alternative treatments available, for example, drugs acting on the central nervous system.
Pulmonary vasodilators These are used to reduce the lung artery pressure, to treat pulmonary hypertension.