Associations to the word «Vasopressin»
Noun
- Hormone
- Secretion
- Peptide
- Receptor
- Neuron
- Dopamine
- Agonist
- Serotonin
- Kidney
- Opioid
- Neurotransmitter
- Urine
- Diabetes
- Antagonist
- Axon
- Duct
- Gland
- Plasma
- Nucleus
- Thirst
- Hemorrhage
- Insulin
- Stimulation
- Infusion
- Lobe
- Vip
- Testosterone
- Sodium
- Vertebrate
- Nausea
- Bonding
- Biosynthesis
- Conserve
- Signaling
- Collecting
- Precursor
- Duplication
- Subtype
- Arousal
- Steroid
- Residue
- Retention
- Cleavage
- Mutation
- Serum
- Vesicle
- Estrogen
- Mammal
- Stimulus
- Prairie
- Ligand
- Crease
- Activation
- Rat
- Deprivation
- Autism
- Contraction
- Terminal
- Pages
- Decrease
- Eminence
- Bleeding
- Syndrome
Adjective
Wiktionary
VASOPRESSIN, noun. (hormone) An antidiuretic hormone secreted by the pituitary gland
Dictionary definition
VASOPRESSIN, noun. 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.
Wise words
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fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the
new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.