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LYPRESSIN
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An antidiuretic and vasoconstrictor used to treat diabetes insipidus
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("lypressin" is a kind of...):
antidiuretic; antidiuretic drug (a drug that limits the formation of urine)
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)
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