English
Detailed Synonyms for pressor in English
pressor:
pressor adj
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pressor
– increasing (or tending to increase) blood pressure 1
pressor [the ~] nom
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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 1the vasoconstrictive; the vasoconstrictor; 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