Associations to the word «Pressor»

Wiktionary

PRESSOR, adjective. Vasopressor
PRESSOR, noun. Vasopressor
PRESSOR BEAM, noun. (science fiction) Device used to repel other objects.
PRESSOR BEAMS, noun. Plural of pressor beam

Dictionary definition

PRESSOR, noun. 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.
PRESSOR, adjective. Increasing (or tending to increase) blood pressure; "pressor reflexes".

Wise words

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley