VASOPRESSOR

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any agent that produces vasoconstriction and a rise in blood pressure (usually understood as increased arterial pressure)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("vasopressor" is a kind of...):

pressor; vasoconstrictive; vasoconstrictor (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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