pitressin

Noun pitressin has 1 sense

• pitressin(n = noun.body) adh, antidiuretic hormone, 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;
is a kind of pressor, vasoconstrictive, vasoconstrictor, endocrine, hormone, internal secretion