Pressor \Press"or\, a. (Physiol.) 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}. --Landois & Stirling.
pressor adj : increasing (or tending to increase) blood pressure; "pressor reflexes"