vasodilator
noun
vasodilator is a noun meaning “A substance that causes dilation of the blood vessels, thereby reducing blood pressure; it may be endogenous (such as a hormone produced by the body)…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled V-A-S-O-D-I-L-A-T-O-R, and it appears about once in every 13 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of vasodilator is vasodilators.
What does vasodilator mean?
noun
- 1
A substance that causes dilation of the blood vessels, thereby reducing blood pressure; it may be endogenous (such as a hormone produced by the body) or exogenous (such as a drug or other chemical agent).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of vasodilator
- vasodilators plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is vasodilator?
Vasodilator appears about once in every 13 million words in written English, the 106,501st most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Vasodilator in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense agent that causes dilation of the blood vessels:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | vasodilatateur |
| German | Vasodilatator |
| Spanish | vasodilatador |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does vasodilator come from?
From vaso- + dilator.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).