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pressor

adjective noun

increasing (or tending to increase) blood pressure

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Word length
7
Starts with
P
Ends with
R
Contains
RE
Scrabble score
9
Database source
OEWN 2025 Core

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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

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pressor reflexes

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