Word Meanings - PRESSOR - Book Publishers vocabulary database

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.

• Opposition
  The act of opposing; an attempt to check, restrain, or defeat; resistance.
• BLOODYFLUX
  The dysentery, a disease in which the flux or discharge from the bowels has a mixture of blood. Arbuthnot.
• Bloodily
  In a bloody manner; cruelly; with a disposition to shed blood.
• Bloodsucker
  Any animal that sucks blood; esp., the leech (Hirudo medicinalis), and related species.
• Causable
  Capable of being caused.
• Causeuse
  A kind of sofa for two persons. A tete-/-tete.
• Centerfire cartridge
  See under Cartridge.
• Oppositionist
  One who belongs to the opposition party.
• BLOODYHAND
  A red hand, as in the arms of Ulster, which is now the distinguishing mark of a baronet of the United Kingdom.
• Bloodiness
  The state of being bloody.
• Bloodthirsty
  Eager to shed blood; cruel; sanguinary; murderous.
• Causeway
  Alt. of Causey
• Centerpiece
  Alt. of Centrepiece
• Nerveless
  Destitute of nerves.
• Oppositipetalous
  Placed in front of a petal.
• Arterial
  Of or pertaining to an artery, or the arteries; as, arterial action; the arterial system.
• BLOODYMINDED
  Having a cruel, ferocious disposition; bloodthirsty. Dryden.
• Bloodless
  Destitute of blood, or apparently so; as, bloodless cheeks; lifeless; dead.

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