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vasopressin vs vasoconstrictive

vasoconstrictive vs vasopressin

vasopressin and vasoconstrictive both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
vasopressin Yes No No No
vasoconstrictive Yes No No No
As nouns, vasoconstrictive is a hypernym of vasopressin; that is, vasoconstrictive is a word with a broader meaning than vasopressin:
  • 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
  • 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 vasopressin include pressor, vasoconstrictor, endocrine, hormone, internal secretion.
vasopressin (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
Difference between vasopressin and vasoconstrictive

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