Medical Definition of Hypertensor
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Causing, or giving rise to, pressure or to an increase of pressure; as, pressor nerve fibres, stimulation of which excites the vasomotor center, thus causing a stronger contraction of the arteries and consequently an increase of the arterial blood pressure.
Compare: depressor.
(05 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hypertensor
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