VASOPRESSIN
Dictionary entry overview: What does vasopressin mean? • VASOPRESSIN (noun)
The noun VASOPRESSIN has 1 sense:
1. 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
Familiarity information: VASOPRESSIN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• VASOPRESSIN (noun)
Meaning:
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
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Synonyms:
ADH; antidiuretic hormone; Pitressin; vasopressin
Hypernyms ("vasopressin" is a kind of...):
pressor; vasoconstrictive; vasoconstrictor (any agent that causes a narrowing of an opening of a blood vessel: cold or stress or nicotine or epinephrine or norepinephrine or angiotensin or vasopressin or certain drugs; maintains or increases blood pressure)
endocrine; hormone; internal secretion (the secretion of an endocrine gland that is transmitted by the blood to the tissue on which it has a specific effect)
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