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antidiuretic hormone is a noun meaning "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". It carries one recorded sense.
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
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Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for antidiuretic hormone come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.