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antidiuretic hormone vs vasoconstrictive

vasoconstrictive vs antidiuretic hormone

antidiuretic hormone and vasoconstrictive both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
antidiuretic hormone Yes No No No
vasoconstrictive Yes No No No
As nouns, vasoconstrictive is a hypernym of antidiuretic hormone; that is, vasoconstrictive is a word with a broader meaning than antidiuretic hormone:
  • antidiuretic hormone: 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
  • vasoconstrictive: 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
Other hypernyms of antidiuretic hormone include pressor, vasoconstrictor, endocrine, hormone, internal secretion.
antidiuretic hormone (noun) vasoconstrictive (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 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
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