Vasoconstrictor

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun A substance which causes constriction of the blood vessels. Such substances are used in medicine to raise blood pressure.

II. Vasoconstrictor ·adj Causing constriction of the blood vessels; as, the vasoconstrictor nerves, stimulation of which causes constriction of the blood vessels to which they go. These nerves are also called vasohypertonic.