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  • noun an agent that prevents or counteracts diuresis
  • adjective preventing or counteracting diuresis

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  • noun a drug that limits the formation of urine

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Examples

  • MDMA releases arginine vasopressin, aka antidiuretic hormone, thus causing the body to retain water.

    ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science 2010

  • MDMA releases arginine vasopressin, aka antidiuretic hormone, thus causing the body to retain water.

    ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science 2010

  • Slide 52: Arginine vasopressin (hypothalamus) - formerly known as antidiuretic hormone, stimulated by changes in effective circulating volume.

    Recently Uploaded Slideshows 2008

  • That or bullet removal. lasix was the trade name for a drug (furosemide, an antidiuretic).

    The Volokh Conspiracy » James Monroe, Andrew Jackson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Ronald Reagan 2010

  • Nephrologists see lots of people on lithium, because one of its complications is kidney disease, including this type of diabetes, insipidus, a condition that causes resistance to antidiuretic hormone ADH, creating massive thirst and voluminous urination.

    After the Diagnosis MD Julian Seifter 2010

  • And for sleepovers, there are great medications such as the antidiuretic desmopressin DDAVP, which reduces urine production by the kidneys.

    You Raising Your Child Michael F. Roizen 2010

  • And for sleepovers, there are great medications such as the antidiuretic desmopressin DDAVP, which reduces urine production by the kidneys.

    You Raising Your Child Michael F. Roizen 2010

  • And for sleepovers, there are great medications such as the antidiuretic desmopressin DDAVP, which reduces urine production by the kidneys.

    You Raising Your Child Michael F. Roizen 2010

  • And for sleepovers, there are great medications such as the antidiuretic desmopressin DDAVP, which reduces urine production by the kidneys.

    You Raising Your Child Michael F. Roizen 2010

  • Testicular swelling, gynecomastia and impotence in the male, breast enlargement and galactorrhea in the female, increased or decreased libido, elevation and lowering of blood sugar levels, syndrome of inappropriate ADH (antidiuretic hormone) secretion.

    stormtiger Diary Entry stormtiger 2008

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