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adh
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Noun adh has 1 sense
- adh(n = noun.body) antidiuretic hormone, pitressin, vasopressin - 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; Array is a kind of pressor, vasoconstrictive, vasoconstrictor, endocrine, hormone, internal secretion
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