pressor
[pres-er]
- causing an increase in blood pressure; causing vasoconstriction.
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Origin of pressor
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When we fired rockets at them, they turned them back with tractor and pressor beams.
The AliensMurray Leinster
Along that pressor beam there crept a dull rod of energy, which surrounded the fugitive shell and brought it slowly to a halt.
TriplanetaryEdward Elmer Smith
They have to aim something—a pressor or tractor beam, most likely—and pick off each rocket separately.
The AliensMurray Leinster
Tractor and pressor beams were known to men, of course, but human beings used them only under very special conditions.
The AliensMurray Leinster
It had no beam-projectors except small-sized objects which were—which must be—their projectors of tractor and pressor beams.
The AliensMurray Leinster
pressor
- physiol relating to or producing an increase in blood pressure
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Word Origin
C19: from Latin premere to press
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pressor
(prĕs′ôr′, -ər)- Producing increased blood pressure.
- Causing constriction of the blood vessels.
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