ANTIDIURETIC HORMONE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does antidiuretic hormone mean? 

• ANTIDIURETIC HORMONE (noun)
  The noun ANTIDIURETIC HORMONE has 1 sense:

1. 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

  Familiarity information: ANTIDIURETIC HORMONE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ANTIDIURETIC HORMONE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

ADH; antidiuretic hormone; Pitressin; vasopressin

Hypernyms ("antidiuretic hormone" is a kind of...):

pressor; vasoconstrictive; vasoconstrictor (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)

endocrine; hormone; internal secretion (the secretion of an endocrine gland that is transmitted by the blood to the tissue on which it has a specific effect)

 Context examples 

A syndrome characterized by abnormal secretion of antidiuretic hormone in conjunction with neoplastic growth occurring anywhere in the body.

(Inappropriate Antidiuretic Hormone Secretion Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)

The determination of the amount of antidiuretic hormone present in a sample.

(Antidiuretic Hormone Measurement, NCI Thesaurus)

A measurement of the antidiuretic hormone in a biological specimen.

(Antidiuretic Hormone Measurement, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

Alcohol inhibits the production of antidiuretic hormone, thereby producing diuresis that may lead to dehydration.

(Alcohol, NCI Thesaurus)

Diabetes insipidus caused by insensitivity of the kidneys to antidiuretic hormone.

(Nephrogenic Diabetes Insipidus, NCI Thesaurus)

Diabetes insipidus caused by decreased secretion of antidiuretic hormone from the pituitary gland.

(Neurogenic Diabetes Insipidus, NCI Thesaurus)

The neurosecretory granules containing antidiuretic hormone (ADH), oxytocin, ATP or neurophysin in the axon terminals of neurons projecting from the hypothalamus to the posterior pituitary.

(Herring Body, NCI Thesaurus)

In mammals, this agent interferes with the action of antidiuretic hormone (ADH) at the level of the renal collecting tubule, resulting in aquaresis.

(Demeclocycline hydrochloride, NCI Thesaurus)

Octapeptide antidiuretic hormones released by the neurohypophysis of all vertebrates (chemical composition varies with species).

(Argipressin, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

Causes include deficiency of antidiuretic hormone or failure of the kidneys to respond to antidiuretic hormone.

(Diabetes Insipidus, NCI Thesaurus)