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What is the definition or description of: vasoactive?
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Opens/closes vessels: Any medication, naturally-occurring substance or anything else that makes little arteries (or perhaps other vessels) widen or narrow, controlling where the blood goes and under what pressure.
Answered 1/5/2013
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