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