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Definition of Pressor
1. 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.
Exact synonyms: Vasoconstrictive, Vasoconstrictor
Specialized synonyms: Adrenergic, Adrenergic Drug, Angiotensin, Angiotonin, Hypertensin, Lypressin, Naphazoline, Privine, Sudafed, Vasopressor, Cold, Coldness, Frigidity, Frigidness, Low Temperature, Noradrenaline, Norepinephrine, Adrenalin, Adrenaline, Epinephrin, Epinephrine, Adh, Antidiuretic Hormone, Pitressin, Vasopressin, Nicotine
Generic synonyms: Agent
Specialized synonyms: Adrenergic, Adrenergic Drug, Angiotensin, Angiotonin, Hypertensin, Lypressin, Naphazoline, Privine, Sudafed, Vasopressor, Cold, Coldness, Frigidity, Frigidness, Low Temperature, Noradrenaline, Norepinephrine, Adrenalin, Adrenaline, Epinephrin, Epinephrine, Adh, Antidiuretic Hormone, Pitressin, Vasopressin, Nicotine
Generic synonyms: Agent
2. Adjective. Increasing (or tending to increase) blood pressure. "Pressor reflexes"
Definition of Pressor
1. a. 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.
Definition of Pressor
1. a substance that raises blood pressure [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pressor
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