vasopressin

Noun

vas=o=pres=sin

WORDNET DICTIONARY

vasopressin(n = noun.body) adh, antidiuretic hormone, 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; Array

is a kind of pressor, vasoconstrictive, vasoconstrictor, endocrine, hormone, internal secretion

vasopressin, n. a pituitary hormone acting to reduce diuresis and increase blood pressure. Also called ANTIDIURETIC HORMONE.

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