pressor

adjective

1. increasing (or tending to increase) blood pressure

- pressor reflexes

noun

1. any agent that causes a narrowing of an opening of a blood vessel: cold or stress or nicotine or epinephrine or norepinephrine or angiotensin or vasopressin or certain drugs; maintains or increases blood pressure

Similar word(s): vasoconstrictive, vasoconstrictor

Definition categories: man–made, agent