pressor

[pres-er]

adjective Physiology.

causing an increase in blood pressure; causing vasoconstriction.

Origin of pressor

1885–90; attributive use of Late Latin pressor presser, equivalent to Latin *pret-, variant stem of premere to press¹ + -tor -tor, with -tt- > -ss-

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Historical Examples of pressor

When we fired rockets at them, they turned them back with tractor and pressor beams.
The Aliens
Murray Leinster
Along that pressor beam there crept a dull rod of energy, which surrounded the fugitive shell and brought it slowly to a halt.
Triplanetary
Edward Elmer Smith
They have to aim something—a pressor or tractor beam, most likely—and pick off each rocket separately.
The Aliens
Murray Leinster
Tractor and pressor beams were known to men, of course, but human beings used them only under very special conditions.
The Aliens
Murray Leinster
It had no beam-projectors except small-sized objects which were—which must be—their projectors of tractor and pressor beams.
The Aliens
Murray Leinster

British Dictionary definitions for pressor

pressor

adjective

physiol relating to or producing an increase in blood pressure

Word Origin for pressor

C19: from Latin premere to press

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pressor in Medicine

pressor

[prĕs′ôr′, -ər]

adj.

Producing increased blood pressure.

Causing constriction of the blood vessels.