- pressor
- adjective Etymology: Late Latin, one that presses, from Latin premere to press — more at press Date: circa 1890 raising or tending to raise blood pressure; also involving vasoconstriction
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Pressor — Press or, a. (Physiol.) 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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
pressor — [pres′ər] adj. [ PRESS(URE) + (MOT)OR] designating a nerve which, when stimulated, causes a rise in blood pressure n. a substance capable of raising blood pressure … English World dictionary
Pressor — Causing a rise in blood pressure. A pressor base is a substance (chemically classified as a base) capable of raising the blood pressure. A pressor nerve is a nerve that, when stimulated, increases the blood pressure. A pressor reflex is a nerve… … Medical dictionary
pressor — /pres euhr/, adj. Physiol. causing an increase in blood pressure; causing vasoconstriction. [1885 90; attributive use of LL pressor presser, equiv. to L *pret , var. s. of premere to PRESS1 + tor TOR, with tt > ss ] * * * … Universalium
pressor — pres•sor [[t]ˈprɛs ər[/t]] adj. 1) phl causing an increase in blood pressure; causing vasoconstriction 2) phl a substance or nerve that causes an increase in blood pressure; vasoconstrictor • Etymology: 1885–90; < LL pressor presser = L *pret … From formal English to slang
pressor — 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,… … Useful english dictionary
pressor fibers — 1. nerve fibers that, when stimulated reflexly, cause or increase vasomotor tone. 2. cardiac pressor f s … Medical dictionary
Pressor montanus — Pressormon tanusm Soldat,dersichdemDienstzuentziehensucht.ScherzhafteLatinisierungvon»Drückeberger«:pressor=Drücker;montanus=bergig.Lazarettspr.1939ff … Wörterbuch der deutschen Umgangssprache
pressor — adj. causing a rise in blood pressure … English contemporary dictionary
pressor — adjective Physiology producing an increase in blood pressure by stimulating constriction of the blood vessels … English new terms dictionary
