Definition of Antidiuretic

1. Noun. A drug that limits the formation of urine.

Exact synonyms: Antidiuretic Drug
Specialized synonyms: Lypressin
Generic synonyms: Medicament, Medication, Medicinal Drug, Medicine

Definition of Antidiuretic

1. Noun. an agent that prevents or counteracts diuresis ¹

2. Adjective. preventing or counteracting diuresis ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Antidiuretic

1. Suppressing the rate of urine formation. (18 Nov 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Antidiuretic

antidifferentiations
antidilution
antidiquark
antidiquarks
antidisco
antidiscrimination
antidiscriminatory
antidisestablishment
antidisestablishmentarian
antidisestablishmentarianism
antidisestablishmentarians
antidissolution
antidistribution
antidisturbance
antidiuresis
antidiuretic (current term)
antidiuretic drug
antidiuretic hormone
antidiuretics
antidiuretin
antidivision
antidoctor
antidocumentaries
antidocumentary
antidog
antidogmatic
antidopaminergic
antidoping
antidora
antidoron

Literary usage of Antidiuretic

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Progressive Medicine by Hobart Amory Hare (1917)
"This antidiuretic effect is constant, and is independent of changes in ... The antidiuretic effect of the hypophysis is absent or only slightly marked in ..."

2. Therapeutic Gazette (1921)
"The antidiuretic effect of pituitary extract, thus shown in the treatment of ... In order to obtain this antidiuretic effect the drug should be given ..."

3. Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine (1903)
"... which is consistent with the proposal that prostaglandins affect tubular handling of water by attenuating the antidiuretic action of ADH (9). ..."

4. A Lifelong Passion: Nicholas and Alexandra: Their Own Story by Andrei Maylunas (2005)
"Hexamethonium impaired the dose-response effect of carbachol on kaliuresis, but had no effect on natriuresis and enhanced the antidiuretic effect of ..."

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