vasomotion (vasomoshon)

[L. vas, ve el, + E. motion.] Increase or diminution of the caliber of a ve el, usually a blood-ve el. vasomotor (vas-ō-mō'tor), a. [L. vas, ve el, + E. motor.] Serving to regulate the tension of blood-ve els, as nerves; vasomotorial, whether vasoconstrictor or vasodilator. Compare inhibition, 3. Also vasculomotor. - Vasomotor center. Same as vascular center. See vascular.- Vasomotor coryza, a name given, in accordance with a theoretical pathology, to autumnal catarrh, or hay-fever. N.Y. Med. Jour., Sept. 3,1887.-Vasomotor nerves, the nerves supplied to the muscular coat of the blood-ve els. -Vasomotor spasm, spasm of the middle coat of the blood ve els.