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PRESSOR
pressor
(adjective) increasing (or tending to increase) blood pressure; “pressor reflexes”
vasoconstrictor, vasoconstrictive, pressor
(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 blood pressure
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Adjective
pressor (not comparable)
vasopressor
Noun
pressor (plural pressors)
vasopressor
Anagrams
• Prosser, prosers
Source: Wiktionary
Press"or, a. (Physiol.)
Definition: Causing, or giving rise to, pressure or to an increase of pressure; as, pressor nerve fibers, stimulation of which excites the vasomotor center, thus causing a stronger contraction of the arteries and consequently an increase of the arterial blood pressure; -- opposed to depressor. Landois & Stirling.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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