| vasopressin |
hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus; affects blood pressure by stimulating capillary muscles and reduces urine flow by affecting reabsorption of water by kidney tubules
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| vasopressor |
any agent that produces vasoconstriction and a rise in blood pressure (usually understood as increased arterial pressure)
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| valvulotomy |
valvotomy: incision into a stenosed cardiac valve to relieve the obstruction
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| vasosection |
vasotomy: surgical incision into or division of the vas deferens
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| vapors |
blues: a state of depression; "he had a bad case of the blues"
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