vasopressin
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How to pronounce vasopressin in British English:
英 [ˌvæsəʊ'presɪn]
How to pronounce vasopressin in American English:
美 [ˌvæsoʊ'presɪn]
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- Noun:
- 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
单词词源
- vasopressin (n.)
- 1928, from vasopressor "causing the constriction of (blood) vessels) (from vaso-, comb. form of Latin vas "container, vessel;" see vas) + -in (2).
双语例句
- 1. Arginine vasopressin and heart failure research .
- 2. Vasopressin was also found to be released in males during mating .
- 3. Oxytocin and vasopressin are examples of peptide hormones .
- 4. Vasopressin : friend or foe ?
- 5. Prairie voles have many vasopressin receptors in the reward centres of their brains .