pressor

[ pres-er ]

adjective

, Physiology.

1. causing an increase in blood pressure; causing vasoconstriction.

pressor

/ -sɔː; ˈprɛsə /

adjective

1. physiol relating to or producing an increase in blood pressure

Word History and Origins

Origin of pressor¹

1885–90; attributive use of Late Latin pressor presser, equivalent to Latin *pret-, variant stem of premere to press ¹ + -tor -tor, with -tt- > -ss-

Word History and Origins

Origin of pressor¹

C19: from Latin premere to press

Example Sentences

Along that pressor beam there crept a dull red rod of energy, which surrounded the fugitive shell and brought it slowly to a halt.

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They have to aim something—a pressor or tractor beam, most likely—and pick off each rocket separately.

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Tractor and pressor beams were known to men, of course, but human beings used them only under very special conditions.

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It had no beam-projectors except small-sized objects which were—which must be—their projectors of tractor and pressor beams.

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Costigan snapped, as he released his screens and threw all his power into one enormous pressor beam.

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