pressor

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

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