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pressor vs vasopressin

vasopressin vs pressor

pressor and vasopressin both are nouns.

pressor is an adjective but vasopressin is not an adjective.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
pressor Yes Yes No No
vasopressin Yes No No No
As nouns, vasopressin is a hyponym of pressor; that is, vasopressin is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than pressor:
  • 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
  • vasopressin: 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
pressor (noun) vasopressin (noun)
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 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
pressor (adjective) vasopressin (adjective)
increasing (or tending to increase) blood pressure
Difference between pressor and vasopressin

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