Vocabulary : Vaseline to Vassal

Vaseline : A yellowish translucent substance, almost odorless and tasteless, obtained as a residue in the purification of crude petroleum, and consisting essentially of a mixture of several of the higher members of the paraffin series. It is used as an unguent, and for various purposes in the arts. See the Note under Petrolatum.
Vase-shaped : Formed like a vase, or like a common flowerpot.
Vasiform : Having the form of a vessel, or duct.
Vasoconstrictor : Causing constriction of the blood vessels; as, the vasoconstrictor nerves, stimulation of which causes constriction of the blood vessels to which they go. These nerves are also called vasohypertonic. ;; A substance which causes constriction of the blood vessels. Such substances are used in medicine to raise blood pressure.
Vasodentine : A modified form of dentine, which is permeated by blood capillaries; vascular dentine.

Vasodilator : Causing dilation or relaxation of the blood vessels; as, the vasodilator nerves, stimulation of which causes dilation of the blood vessels to which they go. These nerves are also called vaso-inhibitory, and vasohypotonic nerves, since their stimulation causes relaxation and rest.
Vasoformative : Concerned in the development and formation of blood vessels and blood corpuscles; as, the vasoformative cells.
Vaso-inhibitory : See Vasodilator.
Vasomotor : Causing movement in the walls of vessels; as, the vasomotor mechanisms; the vasomotor nerves, a system of nerves distributed over the muscular coats of the blood vessels.
Vassal : The grantee of a fief, feud, or fee; one who holds land of superior, and who vows fidelity and homage to him; a feudatory; a feudal tenant. ;; A subject; a dependent; a servant; a slave. ;; Resembling a vassal; slavish; servile. ;; To treat as a vassal; to subject to control; to enslave.

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