antidiuretic hormone
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antidiuretic hormone
abbr.: ADH; an alternative name (esp. in clinical chemistry) for vasopressin. It is so named from the hormone's most important biological action, viz. reducing the rate of urine output by stimulating the rate of water reabsorption by the kidney(s).
| antidiuretic, anticooperativity, anticodon arm | |
| antidote, antifolate, antifreeze glycoprotein |
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