pitressin   (TTS Sound)

The pitressin has 1 Senses.

• pitressin, adh, vasopressin, antidiuretic hormone
• 抗利尿ホルモン, adh
• 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
• 後部の脳下垂体によって、およびさらに視床下部中の神経終末によって分泌されたホルモン（商標名ピトレシン）