combining form, on Gr. types, of L. vās VAS, employed in terms of Phys. and Path. relating to the vascular system or parts of this, as vaso-cellular a., -constriction, -constrictive a., -constrictor, -dentinal a., -dontine, -dilatation, -dilator, -ganglion, -inhibitory a., -motive a.
1847. Todd’s Cycl. Anat., III. 1026/2. *Vaso-cellular structure [or the penis].
1899. Allbutt’s Syst. Med., VII. 249. The velocity of the blood flow is increased, whenever the arterial pressure is raised by general *vaso-constriction.
1890. W. James, Princ. Psychol., I. 97. Slowing and quickening of the heart … are independent of the *vaso-constrictive phenomenon.
1895. Rolleston, Dis. Liver, 271. To obtain the local vasoconstrictive effect on the bleeding vessels.
1877. M. Foster, Physiol., 259. Stimulating a number of *vaso-constrictor nerves.
1896. Allbutt’s Syst. Med., I. 112. When the vaso-constrictors alone are acting, the process is retarded.
1851. G. A. Mantell, Petrifactions, iii. § 5. 254. The softer *vaso-dentinal tract of the tooth opposed to it below.
1849–52. Todd’s Cycl. Anat., IV. II. 878. The tubes which convey the capillary vessels through the substance of the osteo- and *vaso-dentine of the teeth of fishes.
1880. Günther, Fishes, 365. Numerous fissures radiating from the central mass of vasodentine.
1896. Allbutt’s Syst. Med., I. 344. When one lower limb was heated, *vaso-dilatation … and sweating were observed in the other lower limb.
1881. Nature, XXIII. 236. The nerves which act as *vaso-dilators on the mucous membrane of the buccal cavity.
1880. Günther, Fishes, 155. At the bottom of this sac there is a small *vaso-ganglion,… by which the urine is secreted.
1882. Nature, XXVI. 411. Nerves … which, when stimulated, occasion … the dilatation of arteries—the so-called *‘vaso-inhibitory’ or ‘vaso-dilator’ nerves.
1865. Intell. Observ., No. 47. 390. Excitation of *vaso-motive action.
