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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.

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pressor

a. vasopressor n. vasopressor

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pressor

adj. increasing (or tending to increase) blood pressure; "pressor reflexes"

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Usage examples of "pressor".

Evlyn said, taking another stop toward Pressor to allow the door to slide shut behind her.

Bearsh, perhaps sensing the lack of welcome, sat himself and his compatriot at the far end of the table, as far from Pressor as possible.

Maybe Pressor had learned his diplomatic technique from the holodramas, too.

If Jinzler was on the move, did that mean Guardian Pressor had decided he was the one the colonists should be talking to?

Ambassador Jinzler commented as Pressor led the group back toward the Number Five Turbolift Car.

The older Chiss, the one dressed in yellow and gray, merely turned casually toward Pressor and nodded.

Probably still assuring each other that they were all right, Pressor decided, eyeing the dead animals wrapped across their shoulders with a mixture of distaste and fascination.

Not held quite so closely to her side, Pressor noted as he fell in behind Jinzler like a good Peacekeeper should.

Guardian Pressor, the uppermost Dreadnaught has been made capable of flight.

Whatever was going on, it was apparently far more serious than Pressor was admitting.

With Pressor in the lead, they rounded a jog in the corridor and ran straight into the Vagaari.

Smiling wickedly at Luke, she pulled out the comlink Pressor had given her and lifted her eyebrows.

Pressor and Rosemari were coming down the corridor toward them, Pressor with a pile of sacks across one forearm.

Chiss warriors guarding the turbolifts, the only ones there to see them off were Jinzler, Pressor, Rosemari, and Evlyn.

D-4 messroom she visited, but Lorana finally found the Pressor family.