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ANTIDIURETIC

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A drug that limits the formation of urine

Synonyms:

antidiuretic; antidiuretic drug

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

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

medicament; medication; medicinal drug; medicine ((medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "antidiuretic"):

lypressin (an antidiuretic and vasoconstrictor used to treat diabetes insipidus)

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 Context examples: 

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)

A synthetic peptide identical to the endogenous nonapeptide hormone with antidiuretic property.

(Argipressin, NCI Thesaurus)

It has a direct antidiuretic action on the kidney, and also causes vasoconstriction of the peripheral vessels.

(Arginine Vasopressin-Neurophysin II Preproprotein, NCI Thesaurus/LocusLink)

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)

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)

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)

Any of the synthetic analogues of vassopressin (ADH) with similar properties of the endogenous hormone, such as antidiuretic, increases arterial blood pressure and other neurological effects.

(Antidiuretic Hormone Analogue, NCI Thesaurus)

It secretes antidiuretic hormone.

(Pituicyte, NCI Thesaurus)

This antidiuretic agent is used in the treatment of central diabetes insipidus.

(Desmopressin Acetate, NCI Thesaurus)