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Pressor Common

Origin: Latin prefix pre-

Pressor has 4 different meanings across 2 categories:

Noun · Adjective

Definitions
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

2

vasopressor

Adjective
1

increasing (or tending to increase) blood pressure

"pressor reflexes"

2

vasopressor

See Also
vasopressor
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
agent
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
adrenergic angiotensin lypressin naphazoline vasopressor coldness noradrenaline epinephrine vasopressin nicotine
Rhyming Words
sor fusor visor mesor torsor tonsor sensor winsor cessor lessor tensor cursor versor elisor dumsor fossor censor phasor windsor scissor
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