VASO-DILATOR

An Illustrated Encyclopedic Medical Dictionary · 1894 · p. 31

adj. Vas-o-di-lat'o2r. From vas, a ve el, and dilatare, to dilate. Fr., vaso-dilatateur. Ger., vasodilatatorisch, gefa erweiternd. Causing active dilatation of the smaller arteries (said of certain nerves and drugs). [K.] [s. 692]