PRESSOR


Meaning of PRESSOR in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈpre-ˌsȯr, -sər ]

adjective

Etymology: Late Latin, one that presses, from Latin premere to press — more at press

Date: circa 1890

: raising or tending to raise blood pressure ; also : involving vasoconstriction

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