antidiuretic hormone

antidiuretic hormone
noun Date: 1942 vasopressin

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  • antidiuretic hormone — See vasopressin …   Dictionary of molecular biology

  • antidiuretic hormone — Biochem. vasopressin. Abbr.: ADH * * * …   Universalium

  • antidiuretic hormone — noun another term for vasopressin …   English new terms dictionary

  • antidiuretic hormone — ADH; see vasopressin …   The new mediacal dictionary

  • antidiuretic hormone — an′tidiuret′ic hor mone n. pha biochem. vasopressin Abbr.: ADH …   From formal English to slang

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