vasopressin

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• September 18. 2014 from wordnet.princeton.edu

  vasopressin — noun — english

  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