Summary


English

Detailed Synonyms for pressor in English

pressor:

pressor adj

  1. pressor
    – increasing (or tending to increase) blood pressure 1
    pressor
    – increasing (or tending to increase) blood pressure 1

pressor [the ~] nom

  1. the pressor
    – 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 1
    the vasoconstrictor; the pressor; the vasoconstrictive
    – 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 1

Alternate Synonyms for "pressor":


Related Definitions for "pressor":

  1. increasing (or tending to increase) blood pressure1
    • pressor reflexes1
  2. 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 pressure1