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nounany 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"adjectiveincreasing (or tending to increase) blood pressure
Synonyms & Similar Words
cold agent adrenaline nicotine adrenalin coldness epinephrine norepinephrine frigidity vasoconstrictor vasopressin sudafed vasoconstrictive adrenergic adrenergic drug angiotensin angiotonin antidiuretic hormone epinephrin frigidness hypertensin low temperature lypressin naphazoline noradrenaline vasopressor adh pitressin privine