How to Use vasodilation in a Sentence

vasodilation

noun
  • This process, called vasodilation, also makes the skin appear pinker and more flushed.
    — Eva Botkin-Kowacki, Popular Science, 28 June 2023
  • When your heart rate goes up, your blood vessels begin to expand (vasodilation) to pump more blood around your body.
    — Jessica Cruel, SELF, 27 July 2018
  • When vasodilation occurs, blood vessels widen to increase blood flow.
    — Christopher Lee, Verywell Health, 14 Aug. 2024
  • Sometimes the effort to keep things from touching causes vasodilation of the small blood vessels in the face.
    — Ben Lerner, New Yorker, 21 June 2026
  • This may be due to its positive effects on vasodilation, which is when blood vessels (tubes that carry blood) widen.
    — Lauren O'Connor, Health, 1 Sep. 2025
  • This may be due to its positive effects on vasodilation, which is when blood vessels (tubes that carry blood) widen.
    — Lauren O'Connor, Health, 10 Nov. 2025
  • This is called vasodilation, and when it is supposed to occur, but is blocked, several things happen.
    — Bryant Stamford, Louisville Courier Journal, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Nitric oxide is a molecule that plays a role in vasodilation, which is the widening of blood vessels.
    — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 17 Oct. 2022
  • Nitric oxide plays a crucial role in vasodilation, the widening of blood vessels.
    — Bianca London, Glamour, 19 July 2024
  • That drop in core temperature is one of the body’s key signals for sleep onset — a process called distal vasodilation.
    — Allison Palmer, Kansas City Star, 12 May 2026
  • That drop in core temperature is one of the body’s key signals for sleep onset — a process called distal vasodilation.
    — Allison Palmer, Kansas City Star, 13 May 2026
  • The cold weather and vasodilation of blood vessels causes more tightness in the muscles, which have to work harder than in milder weather.
    — Kelly Dinardo, New York Times, 6 Feb. 2021
  • For decades to come, migraine pain would be blamed primarily on the dilation of blood vessels (vasodilation) in the brain.
    — David Noonan, Scientific American, 1 Dec. 2015
  • This condition is also known as vasodilation – the blood vessels in the nose themselves become engorged with blood.
    — Dr. Michael Daignault, USA TODAY, 10 Nov. 2022
  • That topical product will use a substance that causes vasodilation or the widening of blood vessels.
    — Erin Brodwin, Axios, 24 Mar. 2025
  • During intense exercise there is an excess of blood and fluid flooding the muscle through a process known as vasodilation.
    — Dr. Michael Daignault, USA TODAY, 25 May 2022
  • The medications may promote vasodilation, or widening of the blood vessels, which helps improve blood flow.
    — Fran Kritz, Verywell Health, 4 June 2026
  • Some studies on rats and pigs show that curcumin can help with vasodilation, increasing blood flow and decreasing blood pressure.
    — Amber J. Tresca, Verywell Health, 14 Dec. 2024
  • Too much vasodilation could result in dangerously low blood pressure.
    — Christopher Lee, Verywell Health, 14 Aug. 2024
  • At night, the body releases the hormone melatonin that helps induce sleep and causes blood vessels to relax and widen (vasodilation).
    — Md Published, Verywell Health, 19 Sep. 2025
  • High temps trigger vasodilation—the technical term for blood vessel expansion.
    — Caroline Tien, SELF, 3 Feb. 2026
  • First, the vasodilation effect.
    — Miami Herald, 26 Mar. 2026
  • By causing vasodilation, or widening of blood vessels, nitric oxide improves blood flow during movement.
    — Good Housekeeping, 16 Sep. 2022
  • However, Red Boost also contains L-citrulline, an amino acid linked to vasodilation and blood flow.
    — Jon Goodwin, Discover Magazine, 30 Dec. 2022
  • One of the primary functions of nitric oxide is widening blood vessels to increase blood flow, or vasodilation, Rothstein says.
    — Erica Sweeney, Men's Health, 25 Jan. 2023
  • Research shows that adequate to high levels of potassium increase vasodilation, or the relaxation of smooth muscles and the widening of blood vessels.
    — Brittany Lubeck, Verywell Health, 10 Feb. 2026
  • That's because their bodies naturally dilate their blood vessels in a process called vasodilation to compensate for the reduced oxygen content.
    — Kristen Rogers, CNN, 23 Apr. 2020
  • Heat therapy, on the other hand, relaxes blood vessel wall muscles via vasodilation, which widens their diameter and increases blood flow.
    — Dr. Michael Daignault, USA TODAY, 19 May 2022
  • This helps keep blood vessels flexible and better able to produce nitric oxide (NO), a gas that stimulates vasodilation.
    — Md Published, Verywell Health, 26 Dec. 2025
  • The method works through vasoconstriction and vasodilation (tightening and widening blood vessels), which moves blood and byproducts more efficiently.
    — Marisa McMillan, Outside, 29 Dec. 2025

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