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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PRESSOR

From Latin premere to press.
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PRONUNCIATION OF PRESSOR

pressor  [ˈprɛsə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PRESSOR

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Pressor is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES PRESSOR MEAN IN ENGLISH?

pressor

Vasoconstriction

Vasoconstriction is the narrowing of the blood vessels resulting from contraction of the muscular wall of the vessels, in particular the large arteries and small arterioles. The process is the opposite of vasodilation, the widening of blood vessels. The process is particularly important in staunching hemorrhage and acute blood loss. When blood vessels constrict, the flow of blood is restricted or decreased, thus retaining body heat or increasing vascular resistance. This makes the skin turn paler because less blood reaches the surface, reducing the radiation of heat. On a larger level, vasoconstriction is one mechanism by which the body regulates and maintains mean arterial pressure. Substances causing vasoconstriction are called vasoconstrictors, vasopressors, or simply "pressors". Generalized vasoconstriction usually results in an increase in systemic blood pressure, but it may also occur in specific tissues, causing a localized reduction in blood flow. The extent of vasoconstriction may be slight or severe depending on the substance or circumstance. Many vasoconstrictors also cause pupil dilation.

Definition of pressor in the English dictionary

The definition of pressor in the dictionary is relating to or producing an increase in blood pressure.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PRESSOR


aggressor
əˈɡrɛsə
compressor
kəmˈprɛsə
corepressor
ˌkəʊrɪˈprɛsə
decompressor
ˌdiːkəmˈprɛsə
depressor
dɪˈprɛsə
distresser
dɪˈstrɛsə
dresser
ˈdrɛsə
expresser
ɪkˈsprɛsə
fluorescer
ˌflʊəˈrɛsə
hairdresser
ˈhɛəˌdrɛsə
impresser
ɪmˈprɛsə
presser
ˈprɛsə
regressor
rɪˈɡrɛsə
represser
rɪˈprɛsə
repressor
rɪˈprɛsə
stressor
ˈstrɛsə
suppresser
səˈprɛsə
suppressor
səˈprɛsə
vasopressor
ˌveɪzəʊˈprɛsə
vinedresser
ˈvaɪnˌdrɛsə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PRESSOR

pressfat
pressful
pressie
pressing
pressingly
pressingness
pression
pressman
pressmark
pressmen
pressroom
pressure
pressure cabin
pressure cooker
pressure drag
pressure gauge
pressure gradient
pressure group
pressure head
pressure point

WORDS THAT END LIKE PRESSOR

assessor
assistant professor
associate professor
axial-flow compressor
college professor
Edward the Confessor
food processor
lessor
microprocessor
nutty professor
oppressor
possessor
predecessor
preprocessor
processor
professor
scissor
successor
transgressor
visiting professor
word processor

Synonyms and antonyms of pressor in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «pressor» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PRESSOR

Find out the translation of pressor to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of pressor from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «pressor» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

升压
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

compresor
570 millions of speakers

English

pressor
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

PRESSOR
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

رافع للضغط
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

компрессор
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

pressor
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

pressor
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

compresseur
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pressor
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Kompressor
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

昇圧薬
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

압축기
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Pressor
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tăng huyết áp
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

pressor
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

दबंग
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

pressör
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

compressore
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

sprężarki
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

компресор
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

vasopresoare
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

υπερτασικές
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

bloeddrukverhogende
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

pressor
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

soren
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of pressor

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PRESSOR»

The term «pressor» is regularly used and occupies the 88.105 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PRESSOR» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «pressor» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «pressor» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about pressor

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PRESSOR»

Discover the use of pressor in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to pressor and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Effect of Cold Pressor Stress on Amplitude and ...
These results further support the emerging hypothesis that P50 is made up of multiple underlying subcomponents that are affected differentially by state impairments.
Sherrie D. All, 2007
2
The Effectiveness of a Hope Intervention in Coping with Cold ...
Furthermore, those in the intervention condition demonstrated greater pain tolerance.
Carla J. Berg, 2007
3
Central Regulation of Autonomic Functions
local injections of GABAA antagonists indicates that this area is normally under a high degree of tonic inhibition in anesthetized animals84. Nevertheless, how the caudal pressor area integrates into known circuits involved in the physiological ...
Ida J. Llewellyn-Smith, Anthony J. M. Verberne, 2011
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Autonomic Failure: A Textbook of Clinical Disorders of the ...
The possibility that residual sym— pathetic nerve activity may have been a factor in generating the pressor effect to water has been studied with trimethaphan gangli— onic block (Iordan et al. 2000). Plasma noradrenaline was meas— ured in ...
Christopher J. Mathias, Sir Roger Bannister, 2013
5
Peptide Receptors
In an unpublished study on the physiological mechanisms mediating the central pressor effect of BK injected into the fourth cerebral ventricle directly over the NTS (Neves, 1993) of unanaesthetized rats, the following aspects were observed , ...
A. Bjorklund, T. Hokfelt, P. Quinton, 2000
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Hypertension and Brain Mechanisms
All standard pressor response. There was no decrease of pressor response to the brain extract during P113 infusion (pressor response before infusion 13 i 8 mm Hg and during P113 infusion 13 ± 3 mm Hg). The preparation demonstrated  ...
W. De Jong, A. P. Provoost, Alvin Philip Shapiro, 2011
7
Primer on the Autonomic Nervous System
Recent findings suggest that local changes in osmolality through water drinking may elicit a powerful pressor response and changes in energy metabolism through sympathetic nervous system activation. This osmopressor response may  ...
David Robertson, Phillip A. Low, Ronald J. Polinsky, 2011
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Advances in Blood Substitutes: Industrial Opportunities and ...
Chapter. 5. The. Pressor. Effect. of. Hemoglobin. —. Good. or. Bad? Robert J. Przybelski, M.D., Elaine K. Daily, R.N., B.S., FCCM, Marvin L. Birnbaum, M.D., Ph. D. 5.1 Introduction When Bayliss infused hemolyzed blood into cats 75 years ago , ...
R. Winslow, Kim D. Vandegriff, Marcos Intaglietta, 1997
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Red Blood Cell Substitutes: Basic Principles and Clinical ...
pressor response after hemoglobin infusion is a general property of functional ( i.e., oxygen-carrying) hemoglobin solutions evaluated under these conditions* and not a unique property of DCLHb or a property of foreign proteins when infused ...
Alan Rudolph, 1997
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Oxygen Transport to Tissue XXXI: XXXI
These findings shed light on the mechanisms underlying the difference in pressor response at different muscle lengths. During physical exercise, the cardiovascular centers receive neural input from higher brain centers (central command) and ...
Eiji Takahashi, Duane F. Bruley, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PRESSOR»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term pressor is used in the context of the following news items.
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6 Things You Didn't Know About Watermelon
“Watermelon supplementation reduced aortic BP [blood pressure] and myocardial oxygen demand during CPT [cold pressor test] and the ... «The Epoch Times, Jul 15»
2
Expletive deletives
Known formally as the “cold pressor paradigm”, participants were asked to hold their hands in ice water for as long as they could tolerate, to a ... «The Statesman, Jul 15»
3
Vasopressor and Inotropic Management Of Patients With Septic Shock
Hemodynamic effects of pressor agents in septic and myocardial infarction shock. JAMA 1964;190:188–194. Cohn JN, Luria MH. Studies in clinical shock and ... «P&T Community, Jul 15»
4
Sizing things up
So you get everything from fat freezing, laser slimming and ultrasound slimming, to pressor slimming, FIR sauna slimming to well, losing 40-50 ... «Citizen Matters, Bangalore, Jul 15»
5
Autonomic nervous system and hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis …
Methods/DesignAdolescents with NSSI and healthy controls undergo repeated painful stimulation with the cold pressor task. ANS activity is ... «7thSpace Interactive, Jul 15»
6
The science of swearing: What lies behind the use of four-letter words?
Known formally as the "cold pressor paradigm", participants were asked to hold their hand in ice water for as long as they could tolerate, to a ... «The Independent, Jul 15»
7
Push Dose Pressor app provides bolus preparation instructions
Detailed instructions on how to formulate the appropriate pressor concentration along with the rate at which it should be administered are ... «iMedicalApps, Jun 15»
8
Report: Belichick never believed Brady on deflation issue
Look at the first press conference Bellichick gave. Watch his body language and facial expressions. Its not your typical glib Bellichick pressor. «NBCSports.com, May 15»
9
Psychological Factors Influence Severity of Pain
“In addition, participants underwent a series of cold pressor tasks ... well as lower pain thresholds and increased sensitivity to the cold pressor. «MD Magazine, May 15»
10
Saying 'ow' can lessen pain's punch
Swee and Associate Professor Annett Schirmer decided to test the hypothesis through a series of cold pressor tests. Their findings appear in ... «Futurity: Research News, May 15»

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