What is the meaning of pressor?

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.

adjective

  • Increasing (or tending to increase) blood pressure.
    • usage: "pressor reflexes"
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