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Angiotensin

Angiotensin

See also: angiotensin

German

Noun

Angiotensin n (genitive Angiotensins, plural Angiotensine)

  1. angiotensin

Declension

angiotensin

angiotensin

See also: Angiotensin

English

Noun

angiotensin (plural angiotensins)

  1. (biochemistry) 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)

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