vasodilatory
adjective
vasodilatory is an adjective meaning “Of, pertaining to, or functioning as a vasodilator” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled V-A-S-O-D-I-L-A-T-O-R-Y, and it appears about once in every 69 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does vasodilatory mean?
adjective
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Of, pertaining to, or functioning as a vasodilator.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is vasodilatory?
Vasodilatory appears about once in every 69 million words in written English, the 262,293rd 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).
Vasodilatory in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense vasodilatory:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | vasodilatateur |
| 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 vasodilatory come from?
From vaso- + dilatory.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).