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Nouns

  • (n) 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 antidiuretic hormone, Pitressin, vasopressin,

Synonyms

antidiuretic hormone Pitressin vasopressin

Words of close approximity

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