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Pitressin vs pressor

pressor vs Pitressin

Pitressin and pressor both are nouns.

Pitressin is not an adjective while pressor is an adjective.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
Pitressin Yes No No No
pressor Yes Yes No No
As nouns, pressor is a hypernym of Pitressin; that is, pressor is a word with a broader meaning than Pitressin:
  • Pitressin: hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus; affects blood pressure by stimulating capillary muscles and reduces urine flow by affecting reabsorption of water by kidney tubules
  • 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
Other hypernyms of Pitressin include vasoconstrictive, vasoconstrictor, endocrine, hormone, internal secretion.
Pitressin (noun) pressor (noun)
hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus; affects blood pressure by stimulating capillary muscles and reduces urine flow by affecting reabsorption of water by kidney tubules 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
Pitressin (adjective) pressor (adjective)
increasing (or tending to increase) blood pressure
Difference between Pitressin and pressor

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