Pressor

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Causing an increase in blood pressure.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. vasopressor
  • n. vasopressor
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Causing, or giving rise to, pressure or to an increase of pressure; ; -- opposed to depressor.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Causing constriction of the smaller blood-vessels and a consequent rise of blood-pressure.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. increasing (or tending to increase) blood pressure
  • n. 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
    • Antonym
    depressor   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    agent   
    Hyponym
    epinephrine    naphazoline    noradrenaline    ADH    antidiuretic hormone    coldness    norepinephrine    pitressin    cold    adrenaline   
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