vasopressin

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Noun vasopressin has 1 sense

vasopressin, antidiuretic hormone, ADH, 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
--₁ is a kind of hormone, endocrine, internal secretion; vasoconstrictor, vasoconstrictive

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