vasovagal
/veɪsə(ʊ)ˈveɪɡəl/adjective
vasovagal is an adjective meaning “Pertaining to the vagus nerve as well as the vascular system; often describing an attack etc. characterised by slowing of the pulse and a fall in…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled V-A-S-O-V-A-G-A-L, and it appears about once in every 22 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does vasovagal mean?
adjective
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Pertaining to the vagus nerve as well as the vascular system; often describing an attack etc. characterised by slowing of the pulse and a fall in blood pressure.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce vasovagal?
- UK /veɪsə(ʊ)ˈveɪɡəl/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is vasovagal?
Vasovagal appears about once in every 22 million words in written English, the 143,405th 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).
Where does vasovagal come from?
From vaso- + vagal.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).