Found 2 items, similar to pressor.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: pressor
pressor
adj : increasing (or tending to increase) blood pressure;
“pressor
reflexes”
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Pressor
Pressor
\Press"or\, a. (Physiol.)
Causing, or giving rise to, pressure or to an increase of
pressure; as, pressor nerve fibers, stimulation of which
excites the vasomotor center, thus causing a stronger
contraction of the arteries and consequently an increase of
the arterial blood pressure; -- opposed to
depressor.
--Landois & Stirling.
[1913 Webster]