Webster's 1913 Dictionary
VASOMOTOR
Vas `o *mo "tor, a. Etym: [L. vas a vessel + motor that which moves fr. movere to move. ] (Physiol.)
Defn: Causing movement in the walls of vessels; as, the vasomotor mechanisms; the vasomotor nerves, a system of nerves distributed over the muscular coats of the blood vessels. Vasomotor center, the chief dominating or general center which supplies all the unstriped muscles of the arterial system with motor nerves, situated in a part of the medulla oblongata; a center of reflex action by the working of which afferent impulses are changed into efferent, -- vasomotor impulses leading either to dilation or constriction of the blood vessels.
New American Oxford Dictionary
vasomotor
vas o mo tor |ˌvāzōˈmōtər, ˌvaso- ˈveɪzoʊmoʊdər | ▶adjective [ attrib. ] causing or relating to the constriction or dilatation of blood vessels. • denoting a region in the medulla of the brain (the vasomotor center ) that regulates blood pressure by controlling reflex alterations in the heart rate and the diameter of the blood vessels, in response to stimuli from receptors in the circulatory system or from other parts of the brain.
Oxford Dictionary
vasomotor
vaso |motor |ˈveɪzəʊməʊtə | ▶adjective [ attrib. ] causing or relating to the constriction or dilatation of blood vessels. • denoting a region in the medulla of the brain (the vasomotor centre ) which regulates blood pressure by controlling reflex alterations in the heart rate and the diameter of the blood vessels, in response to stimuli from receptors in the circulatory system or from other parts of the brain.
Duden Dictionary
Vasomotoren
Va so mo to ren Pluralwort Medizin , die |Vasomot o ren |die Vasomotoren (Plural ) Gefäßnerven
vasomotorisch
va so mo to risch Adjektiv Medizin |vasomot o risch |die Gefäßnerven betreffend
Spanish Dictionary
vasomotor, -ra
vasomotor, -ra adjetivo 1 Que está relacionado con el movimiento regulador de los vasos sanguíneos :trastornos vasomotores .2 adjetivo /nombre masculino [nervio ] Que actúa directamente sobre el tono vascular :hay dos tipos de vasomotores, los vasoconstrictores y los vasodilatadores .
The Wordsmith Dictionary