adj
Meaning 1
Synonym of vasopressor.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: vasopressor
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
pressor
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rhymes with -ɛsə(ɹ)
noun
Meaning 2
Synonym of vasopressor.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: vasopressor
Antonyms: none provided
adjective
Meaning 3
increasing (or tending to increase) blood pressure
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- pressor reflexes
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
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
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: vasoconstrictor, vasoconstrictive
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: agent
Narrower terms: 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
History
Etymology
No etymology was provided for this word.