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(a.) Causing, or giving rise to, pressure or to an increase of pressure; as, pressor nerve fibers, stimulation of which excites the vasomotor center, thus causing a stronger contraction of the arteries and consequently an increase of the arterial blood pressure; - opposed to depressor.

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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Pressor'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​p/pressor.html. 1828.
 
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