pressor
causing an increase in blood pressure; causing vasoconstriction.
Origin of pressor
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How to use pressor in a sentence
Along that pressor beam there crept a dull red rod of energy, which surrounded the fugitive shell and brought it slowly to a halt.
Triplanetary | Edward Elmer SmithThey have to aim something—a pressor or tractor beam, most likely—and pick off each rocket separately.
The Aliens | Murray LeinsterTractor and pressor beams were known to men, of course, but human beings used them only under very special conditions.
The Aliens | Murray LeinsterIt had no beam-projectors except small-sized objects which were—which must be—their projectors of tractor and pressor beams.
The Aliens | Murray LeinsterCostigan snapped, as he released his screens and threw all his power into one enormous pressor beam.
Triplanetary | Edward Elmer Smith
British Dictionary definitions for pressor
/ (ˈprɛsə, -sɔː) /
physiol relating to or producing an increase in blood pressure
Origin of pressor
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