Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun vasopressor

1 sense of vasopressor

Sense 1
vasopressor -- (any agent that produces vasoconstriction and a rise in blood pressure (usually understood as increased arterial pressure))
       => vasoconstrictor, vasoconstrictive, pressor -- (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)