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

1 sense of lypressin

Sense 1
lypressin -- (an antidiuretic and vasoconstrictor used to treat diabetes insipidus)
       => antidiuretic, antidiuretic drug -- (a drug that limits the formation of urine)
       => 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)