About The Word Pressor
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Pressor
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What's The Definition Of Pressor?
[adj] (physiology) increasing (or tending to increase) blood pressure; "pressor reflexes"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Pressor: Related Terms | Find terms related to Pressor: See Also | Pressor In Webster's Dictionary \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 increase of
the arterial blood pressure; -- opposed to {depressor}.
--Landois & Stirling.
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