pressor

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I - noun

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
• Syn:
vasoconstrictor, vasoconstrictive
• Hypernyms:
agent
• Hyponyms:
adrenergic, adrenergic drug, angiotensin, angiotonin, Hypertensin,
lypressin, naphazoline, Privine, Sudafed, vasopressor, coldness,
cold, low temperature, frigidity, frigidness, noradrenaline, norepinephrine,
epinephrine, epinephrin, adrenaline, Adrenalin, vasopressin, antidiuretic hormone,
ADH, Pitressin, nicotine

II - adjective

increasing (or tending to increase) blood pressure
- pressor reflexes
• Pertains to noun:
blood pressure
• Topics:
physiology