Pressor — synonyms, definition

1. pressor (Adjective)

pressor (Adjective) — (physiology) increasing (or tending to increase) blood pressure. ex. "pressor reflexes"

2. pressor (Noun)

vasoconstrictive vasoconstrictor

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.

agent ADH Adrenalin Hypertensin Pitressin Privine Sudafed adrenaline adrenergic adrenergic drug angiotensin angiotonin antidiuretic hormone cold coldness epinephrin epinephrine frigidity frigidness low temperature lypressin • • •