Pressor

[presә]

Definition

(adj.) increasing (or tending to increase) blood pressure; 'pressor reflexes' .

Editor: Moore--From WordNet

Definition

(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.

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