Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Causing an increase in blood pressure.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Causing constriction of the smaller blood-vessels and a consequent rise of blood-pressure.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Physiol.) Causing, or giving rise to, pressure or to an increase of pressure; ; -- opposed to
depressor .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective
vasopressor - noun
vasopressor
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective increasing (or tending to increase) blood pressure
- 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
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Once absorbed, colchicine cannot be removed from the body by hemodialysis or charcoal hemoperfusion, and aggressive care including endotracheal intubation, timely fluid management guided by pulmonary artery pressure monitoring and pressor support is frequently required for the patient to survive.
Colchicine Poisoning 2010
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The patient's course in the intensive care unit was notable for hyoptension unresponsive to pressor support with dopamine and dobutamine, severe metabolic acidosis, anuric renal failure and progressive respiratory failure requiring endotracheal intubation.
Colchicine Poisoning 2010
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If the patient is hypotensive and refractory to IV fluids, pressor agents should be used with extreme caution and the dose carefully titrated to response.
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If the United States were forced to release it to the pressor if it leakedthe callous letter would outrage the American public.
The Attack on the Liberty James Scott 2009
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Is it to prevent the pressor of Obama get a good coverage?
In Major Setback For Edwards, Hillary Wins Second Place, Networks Say 2009
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Raedders, I think the main pijntis that the Labour Party are in denial if you look in theleft wing pressor listen to any of them they do not ubderstand that there core beliefs are as unpopular as they were ten years ago and as we have recently seen there is no challenge to the orthdioxy in the Party.
Can I have that but in blue please Newmania 2007
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Why are the networks covering live pressor of Clinton (the male one) before the pressor of other Clinton (the female one)?
In Major Setback For Edwards, Hillary Wins Second Place, Networks Say 2009
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Why are the networks covering live pressor of Clinton (the male one) before the pressor of other Clinton (the female one)?
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Is it to prevent the pressor of Obama get a good coverage?
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Nor do we need esoteric tractor beams or pressor beams to hold the mass in place.
story idea, rubber science Holly 2007
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