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# How to pronounce "vasoconstrict" in English

## Pronunciation & Phonetics

- **IPA**: `/væsɒkɒnstrɪkt/`
- **Syllable Breakdown**: **va·so·con·strict**

## Meaning & Usage

### VERB
- To undergo, or cause to undergo, vasoconstriction.

### Example Sentences
- "vasoconstriction which is also not good for certain people but nicotine is cognitive enhancing why well you have a couple sites in the brain namely in the"
- "vasoconstriction and brain damage again that's not going to be a common thing out there but nonetheless I encourage people to be very cautious about the"

## Real-Life Native Speaker Examples (15 Video Clips)

Listen to native speakers pronounce "vasoconstrict" in real conversation:

### Example 1
*Accent: US*
> "doing any of those things I did a whole episode on nicotine the delivery device often will kill you some other way or is bad for you but it causes vasoconstriction which is also not good for certain people but nicotine is cognitive enhancing why well you have a couple sites in the brain namely in the basal forebrain nucleus basalus in the back of the brain structures like Locus ceruleus but also this what's called it's got a funny name the"
- **Watch at 105:48**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z8c6EyMNd0A&t=6348s)

### Example 2
*Accent: US*
> "and causes the vasculature to either dilate or constrict these very spicy peppers causing as I just mentioned extreme cerebro of of the head of vasoconstriction and brain damage again that's not going to be a common thing out there but nonetheless I encourage people to be very cautious about the Carolina Reaper so today we talked about headaches and first we highlighted the different types of headache making it clear that understanding which headache"
- **Watch at 142:45**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CGjdgy0cwGk&t=8565s)

### Example 3
*Accent: US*
> "It does act as a hormone. Vasoconstriction is one thing it does, but it also regulates a variety of molecular functions that have to do with adaption to cold, one happening to be, shivering is a very inefficient way to produce heat, which is what your body's trying to do when it's exposed to cold,"
- **Watch at 120:03**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XcvhERcZpWw&t=7203s)

### Example 4
*Accent: US*
> "So for those of you that are exploring Ginkgo Biloba, and you will see a lot of claims about Ginkgo Biloba for attention in ADHD definitely take the vasodilation vasoconstriction headache issue into consideration. So I'd like to talk about the drug Modafinil and the closely related drug armodafinil that's AR Modafinil."
- **Watch at 111:39**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFL6qRIJZ_Y&t=6699s)

### Example 5
*Accent: AUS*
> "vasoconstriction all which decreases blood pressure"
- **Watch at 8:11**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XAV0W544Iy8&t=491s)

### Example 6
> "you're going to keep the core body temperature higher for longer, which is exactly what you want to do. The other thing that cold water does, again, is the vasoconstriction. When you It's well known that when you take a cold shower, your blood vessels constrict, and when when you look at a blood vessel on end in in a person who's living and circulating, there are a number of white blood cells that are latched on to the inside surface of that blood vessel."
- **Watch at 95:12**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQJlGHVmdrA&t=5712s)

### Example 7
> "That smooth muscle tissue is regulated in part by the nerve fibers of the autonomic nervous system, which can decrease the diameter of the lumen by contracting this middle layer during vasoconstriction, or expand it by relaxing during vasodilation. That right there should tell you that the tunica media plays a key role in blood flow and blood pressure, because the smaller the diameter of the blood vessel, the harder it"
- **Watch at 3:01**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v43ej5lCeBo&t=181s)

### Example 8
*Accent: US*
> "another hormone low progesterone combine to give rise to headache because of the ways that low estrogen and low progesterone impact vasodilation and vasoconstriction and the inflammatory response we'll talk about how to deal with hormone-based headaches a particular hormone was headaches that occur because of low estrogen and progesterone in a moment but the key thing to know is something that we covered in the fertility episode I did a"
- **Watch at 49:46**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CGjdgy0cwGk&t=2986s)

### Example 9
*Accent: US*
> "It involves a glove that you put your hand into, it circulates water of a given temperature and it does so, and does so at a tempera or that is sure to not cause vasoconstriction of the palm. And you may be asking, how can you just put your hand into one glove and have this work?"
- **Watch at 111:49**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pq6WHJzOkno&t=6709s)

### Example 10
*Accent: US*
> "in any case because unless it were done in vitro in a dish, it's very hard to eliminate all the other things like vasoconstriction and vasodilation, put simply, we don't know whether or not cold and heat directly affect the production of testosterone and estrogen, we only know that cold and heat can modulate those, probably through indirect mechanisms like controlling the amount of blood flow by way of shutting down or activating the neurons."
- **Watch at 72:36**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJXKhu5UZwk&t=4356s)


## How to Pronounce "vasoconstrict"

- **Syllables**: va · so · con · strict
- **IPA**: `/væsɒkɒnstrɪkt/`
- **Listen for**: the stressed syllable in the clips above — notice how surrounding sounds blend in natural speech.

## Related Words

### Word Forms
[vasoconstricts](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/vasoconstricts), [vasoconstricted](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/vasoconstricted), [vasoconstricting](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/vasoconstricting), [vasoconstrictive](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/vasoconstrictive)


## Frequently Asked Questions

### How do you pronounce “vasoconstrict”?
“vasoconstrict” is pronounced /væsɒkɒnstrɪkt/ (va · so · con · strict). Listen to the native-speaker clips above to hear it in real conversation.

### How many syllables are in “vasoconstrict”?
“vasoconstrict” has 4 syllables: va · so · con · strict.

### What does “vasoconstrict” mean?
To undergo, or cause to undergo, vasoconstriction.

### How can I hear “vasoconstrict” used in real sentences?
This page has 15 real-world video examples of “vasoconstrict” with synchronized subtitles. Use Previous / Next (or ← / → keys) to hear each one at the exact moment it is spoken.


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