pressor
Americanadjective
adjective
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
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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
A pressor beam sent them out the airlock and through the cruiser's wake, the lander's engines screaming as its pilot fought it through maneuvers it hadn't been designed for.
From A Matter of Honor A Terran Empire novel by Wilson, Ann
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)
It had no beam-projectors except small-sized objects which were—which must be—their projectors of tractor and pressor beams.
From The Aliens by Dongen, H. R. van
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