pressor

American  

[pres-er] / ˈprɛs ər /

adjective

Physiology.

1. causing an increase in blood pressure; causing vasoconstriction.

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pressor British  

/ ˈprɛsə, -sɔː /

adjective

1. physiol relating to or producing an increase in blood pressure

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Etymology

Origin of pressor

1885–90; attributive use of Late Latin pressor presser, equivalent to Latin *pret-, variant stem of premere to press ¹ + -tor -tor, with -tt- > -ss-

Example Sentences

It may arise from a variety of causes, and treatments almost always involve fluid replacement and medications, called inotropic or pressor agents, which restore tone to the muscles of the vessels.

From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013

After that, it was one strong measure after another: antibiotics by intravenous injection; "pressor" drugs to normalize the blood pressure; carbon dioxide, by mask, to help balance his blood chemistry.

From Time Magazine Archive

Along that pressor beam there crept a dull red rod of energy, which surrounded the fugitive shell and brought it slowly to a halt.

From Triplanetary by Smith, E. E. (Edward Elmer)

When we fired rockets at them, they turned them back with tractor and pressor beams.

From The Aliens by Dongen, H. R. van

The heptagons, massive and solidly braced as they were, and anchored by tractor rays as well, shuddered and trembled throughout their mighty frames under the impact of fiercely driven pressor beams.

From Spacehounds of IPC by Smith, E. E. (Edward Elmer)