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VASOPRESSOR
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any agent that produces vasoconstriction and a rise in blood pressure (usually understood as increased arterial pressure)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("vasopressor" is a kind of...):
pressor; vasoconstrictive; vasoconstrictor (any agent that causes a narrowing of an opening of a blood vessel: cold or stress or nicotine or epinephrine or norepinephrine or angiotensin or vasopressin or certain drugs; maintains or increases blood pressure)
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