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pressor
pres·sor P0542900 (prĕs′ôr′, -ər)adj. Causing an increase in blood pressure. [Late Latin, one who presses, from Latin pressus, past participle of premere, to press; see press1.]pressor (ˈprɛsə; -sɔː) adj (Physiology) physiol relating to or producing an increase in blood pressure[C19: from Latin premere to press]pres•sor (ˈprɛs ər) adj. 1. causing an increase in blood pressure; causing vasoconstriction. n. 2. a substance or nerve that causes an increase in blood pressure; vasoconstrictor. [1885–90; < Late Latin pressor presser = Latin *pret-, variant s. of premere to press1 + -tor -tor] ThesaurusNoun | 1. | 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 pressurevasoconstrictive, vasoconstrictoradrenergic, adrenergic drug - drug that has the effects of epinephrineangiotensin, angiotonin, Hypertensin - any of several vasoconstrictor substances (trade name Hypertensin) that cause narrowing of blood vesselslypressin - an antidiuretic and vasoconstrictor used to treat diabetes insipidusnaphazoline, Privine, Sudafed - vasoconstrictor (trade names Privine and Sudafed) used in nasal sprays to treat symptoms of nasal congestion and in eyedrops to treat eye irritationvasopressor - any agent that produces vasoconstriction and a rise in blood pressure (usually understood as increased arterial pressure)low temperature, cold, frigidity, frigidness, coldness - the absence of heat; "the coldness made our breath visible"; "come in out of the cold"; "cold is a vasoconstrictor"noradrenaline, norepinephrine - a catecholamine precursor of epinephrine that is secreted by the adrenal medulla and also released at synapsesAdrenalin, adrenaline, epinephrin, epinephrine - a catecholamine secreted by the adrenal medulla in response to stress (trade name Adrenalin); stimulates autonomic nerve actionADH, antidiuretic hormone, Pitressin, vasopressin - hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus; affects blood pressure by stimulating capillary muscles and reduces urine flow by affecting reabsorption of water by kidney tubulesagent - an active and efficient cause; capable of producing a certain effect; "their research uncovered new disease agents"nicotine - an alkaloid poison that occurs in tobacco; used in medicine and as an insecticide | Adj. | 1. | pressor - increasing (or tending to increase) blood pressure; "pressor reflexes"physiology - the branch of the biological sciences dealing with the functioning of organisms | Translations EncyclopediaSeeVasoconstrictorpressor
pressor [pres´er] tending to increase blood pressure.pres·sor (pres'ŏr, -ōr), Exciting to vasomotor activity; producing increased blood pressure; denoting afferent nerve fibers that, when stimulated, excite vasoconstrictors, which increase peripheral resistance. Synonym(s): hypertensor [L. premo, pp. pressus, to press] pressor (prĕs′ôr′, -ər)adj. Causing an increase in blood pressure.pres·sor (pres'ŏr) Exciting to vasomotor activity; producing increased blood pressure; denoting afferent nerve fibers that, when stimulated, excite vasoconstrictors, which increase peripheral resistance. Synonym(s): hypertensor. [L. premo, pp. pressus, to press]pressor
Synonyms for pressornoun 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 drugsSynonyms- vasoconstrictive
- vasoconstrictor
Related Words- adrenergic
- adrenergic drug
- angiotensin
- angiotonin
- Hypertensin
- lypressin
- naphazoline
- Privine
- Sudafed
- vasopressor
- low temperature
- cold
- frigidity
- frigidness
- coldness
- noradrenaline
- norepinephrine
- Adrenalin
- adrenaline
- epinephrin
- epinephrine
- ADH
- antidiuretic hormone
- Pitressin
- vasopressin
- agent
- nicotine
adj increasing (or tending to increase) blood pressureRelated Words |