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lypressin

 [li-pres´in]
a synthetic preparation of lysine vasopressin, used as an antidiuretic and vasoconstrictor to treat central diabetes insipidus when desmopressin is too potent; administered by intranasal spray.
Miller-Keane Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health, Seventh Edition. © 2003 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier, Inc. All rights reserved.

ly·pres·sin

(līpres'in),
Vasopressin-containing lysine in position 8; an antidiuretic and vasopressor hormone.
Synonym(s): 8-lysine vasopressin
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ly·pres·sin

(lī-pres'in)
An antidiuretic and vasopressor hormone.
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