LYPRESSIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does lypressin mean? 

• LYPRESSIN (noun)
  The noun LYPRESSIN has 1 sense:

1. an antidiuretic and vasoconstrictor used to treat diabetes insipidus

  Familiarity information: LYPRESSIN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LYPRESSIN (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)