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vasopressin

UK/ˌveɪzəʊˈpɹɛsɪn/US/ˌveɪzoʊˈpɹɛsɪn/

vasopressin noun: an antidiuretic hormone secreted by the pituitary gland.

Noun

vasopressin (countable and uncountable, plural vasopressins)

  1. An antidiuretic hormone secreted by the pituitary gland.

vasopressin meaning in Tamil

vasopressin in Tamil

வாசோப்பிரசின்

Forms of vasopressin

pluralvasopressins

Origin of vasopressin

From vasopressor + -in, circa 1927; see details at vasopressor § Etymology.

Words formed from vasopressin

Questions about vasopressin

What does vasopressin mean?
Vasopressin means an antidiuretic hormone secreted by the pituitary gland.
What is vasopressin in Tamil?
Vasopressin in Tamil is வாசோப்பிரசின். See Vasopressin meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is vasopressin?
Vasopressin is a noun.
How do you pronounce vasopressin?
Vasopressin is pronounced /ˌveɪzəʊˈpɹɛsɪn/ (UK).
What is the plural of vasopressin?
The plural of vasopressin is vasopressins.

Words near vasopressin in the dictionary

  1. vasopermeation
  2. vasoplegia
  3. vasoplegias
  4. vasoplegic
  5. vasoplegics
  6. vasopressin
  7. vasopressinase
  8. vasopressinergic
  9. vasopressins
  10. vasopression
  11. vasopressive

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Adapted from Wiktionary: vasopressin (page history and authors); vasopressin (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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