15 letters · 22 points in Scrabble
noun any agent that causes a narrowing of an opening of a blood vessel: cold or stress or nicotine or epinephrine or norepinephrine or angiotensin or vasopressin or certain drugs; maintains or increases bl
originEtymology tree Proto-Italic *wāss Latin vās Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- English vaso- Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- New Latin cōn- Proto-Indo-European *strengʰ-der. Proto-Indo-European *streyg-der. New Latin stringō New Latin cōnstringō Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr New Latin -tor New Latin…
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