Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun pitressin

1 sense of pitressin

Sense 1
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)
       => hormone, endocrine, internal secretion -- (the secretion of an endocrine gland that is transmitted by the blood to the tissue on which it has a specific effect)
       => vasoconstrictor, vasoconstrictive, pressor -- (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)