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cardiovagal

cardiovagal adjective: relating to the vagus nerve and blood pressure.

Adjective

cardiovagal (not comparable)

  1. Relating to the vagus nerve and blood pressure
    • This BP-decrease induces baroreflex-mediated central cardiovagal inhibition and sympathetic activation resulting in a continuous HR-increase during VM-phase II, and peripheral vasoconstriction with BP increase during the VM-phase II late [19 ,25 ].2015 July 6, “Central Autonomic Dysfunction Delays Recovery of Fingolimod Induced Heart Rate Slowing”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of cardiovagal

From cardio- + vagal.

Questions about cardiovagal

What does cardiovagal mean?
Cardiovagal means relating to the vagus nerve and blood pressure.
What part of speech is cardiovagal?
Cardiovagal is an adjective.

Words near cardiovagal in the dictionary

  1. cardiotrophin
  2. cardiotrophins
  3. cardiotropic
  4. cardiotropin
  5. cardiotropins
  6. cardiovagal
  7. cardiovalvular
  8. cardiovascular
  9. cardiovascular disease
  10. cardiovascular diseases
  11. cardiovascular system

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