vasoconstrict

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verb

To undergo, or cause to undergo, vasoconstriction.

OriginEnglish constrict ← Latin cōnstrictus ← Proto-Italic *strengō →
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Meanings

verbvasoconstrict (third-person singular simple present vasoconstricts, present participle vasoconstricting, simple past and past participle vasoconstricted)

present singular third person vasoconstricts · participle present vasoconstricting · participle past vasoconstricted · past vasoconstricted

  1. ambitransitiveTo undergo, or cause to undergo, vasoconstriction.

Origin

  1. Proto-Italic*wāss
  2. Latinvās
  3. Englishvaso-
  4. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  5. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  6. Proto-Italic*kom
  7. Proto-Italic*kom-
  8. Latincōn-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*streyg-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*strinégti
  11. Proto-Italic*stringō
  12. Proto-Indo-European*strengʰ-
  13. Proto-Indo-European*stréngʰeti
  14. Proto-Italic*strengō
  15. Latinstringō
  16. Latincōnstringō
  17. Latincōnstrictus
  18. Englishconstrict
  19. Englishvasoconstrict

From vaso- + constrict.

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APA

vasoconstrict. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vasoconstrict

MLA

“vasoconstrict.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vasoconstrict. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “vasoconstrict,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vasoconstrict.

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