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pressor
[ pres-er ]
adjective
, Physiology.
- causing an increase in blood pressure; causing vasoconstriction.
pressor
/ ˈprɛsə; -sɔː /
adjective
- physiol relating to or producing an increase in blood pressure
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of pressor1
C19: from Latin premere to press
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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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