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agiotensin

agiotensin is the misspelling of angiotensin.

Meaning of angiotensin

Noun

angiotensin (plural angiotensins)

  1. Any of several polypeptides that narrow blood vessels and thus regulate arterial pressure.
    • 2001: In addition to stimulating the srteries to constrict, angiotensin also acts on the kidneys to suppress urine production, and acts on the brain to stimulate thirst and drinking behaviour. — Leslie Iversen, Drugs: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford 2001, p. 43)

Questions about agiotensin

What is agiotensin the misspelling of?
Agiotensin is the misspelling of angiotensin.

Words near agiotensin in the dictionary

  1. agios
  2. Agios Theologos
  3. Agiosoritissa
  4. agiotage
  5. agiotages
  6. agiotensin
  7. AGIs
  8. agism
  9. agisms
  10. agist
  11. agistator

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