angiotensin

1. 1.

   any of several vasoconstrictor substances (trade name Hypertensin) that cause narrowing of blood vessels

   SynonymsangiotoninHypertensin

   Broadervasoconstrictor

   Narrowerangiotensin Iangiotensin II

   trademark

Other forms of angiotensin

plural

angiotensins·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about angiotensin

What does angiotensin mean?

angiotensin means "any of several vasoconstrictor substances (trade name Hypertensin) that cause narrowing of blood vessels".

How many syllables are in angiotensin?

angiotensin has 5 syllables: an-gi-o-ten-sin. The stress falls on "ten". In IPA it is /ˌænˌdʒioʊˈtɛnsɪn/.

What is another word for angiotensin?

Close synonyms include angiotonin, Hypertensin. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is angiotensin a common word?

angiotensin is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.