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angiotensins

angiotensins is the plural 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 angiotensins

What is angiotensins the plural of?
Angiotensins is the plural of angiotensin.

Words near angiotensins in the dictionary

  1. angiotensinergic
  2. angiotensinogen
  3. angiotensinogenase
  4. angiotensinogenases
  5. angiotensinogens
  6. angiotensins
  7. angiotension
  8. angiotherapies
  9. angiotherapy
  10. angiothrombotic
  11. angiotomies

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