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pressor

/'pr/E/s/@/r/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

adjective

  1. increasing (or tending to increase) blood pressure

    adj.pert

    Examples
    Pressor reflexes.

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  2. Causing, or giving rise to, pressure or to an increase of pressure; as, <i>pressor</i> 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 <i>depressor</i>.

    adjective

    Source: webster1913

noun

  1. 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

    noun.artifact

    Source: WordNet 3.0

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