vasomotor

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   relating to the nerves and muscles that cause the blood vessels to constrict or dilate

Questions about vasomotor

What does vasomotor mean?

vasomotor means "relating to the nerves and muscles that cause the blood vessels to constrict or dilate".

How many syllables are in vasomotor?

vasomotor has 4 syllables: va-so-mo-tor. The stress falls on "so".

Is vasomotor a common word?

vasomotor is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.