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vasoconstrictive vs Pitressin

Pitressin vs vasoconstrictive

vasoconstrictive and Pitressin both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
vasoconstrictive Yes No No No
Pitressin Yes No No No
As nouns, Pitressin is a hyponym of vasoconstrictive; that is, Pitressin is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than vasoconstrictive:
  • 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
  • Pitressin: 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
Other hyponyms of vasoconstrictive include adrenergic, adrenergic drug, angiotensin, angiotonin, Hypertensin, lypressin, naphazoline, Privine, Sudafed, vasopressor, cold, coldness, frigidity, frigidness, low temperature, noradrenaline, norepinephrine, Adrenalin, adrenaline, epinephrin, epinephrine, ADH, antidiuretic hormone, vasopressin, nicotine.
vasoconstrictive (noun) Pitressin (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
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