ADH
(redirected from Antidiuretic Hormone Test)Also found in: Dictionary, Thesaurus, Encyclopedia.
Related to Antidiuretic Hormone Test: aldosterone test, Adrenocorticotropic Hormone Test, growth hormone test, Parathyroid Hormone Test, renin test
ADH
antidiuretic hormone (see vasopressin).
Miller-Keane Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health, Seventh Edition. © 2003 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier, Inc. All rights reserved.
ADH
Abbreviation for antidiuretic hormone; alcohol dehydrogenase.
Farlex Partner Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
ADH
abbr.
antidiuretic hormone
The American Heritage® Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2007, 2004 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
ADH
Abbreviation for:additional duty hours (for junior doctors), see there (Medspeak-UK)
alcohol dehydrogenase, see there
antidiuretic hormone, see there
atypical ductal hyperplasia, see there
Segen's Medical Dictionary. © 2012 Farlex, Inc. All rights reserved.
ADH
1. Alcohol dehydrogenase, see there.
2. Antidiuretic hormone, see there.
McGraw-Hill Concise Dictionary of Modern Medicine. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
ADH
Abbreviation for antidiuretic hormone; alcohol dehydrogenase.
Medical Dictionary for the Health Professions and Nursing © Farlex 2012
ADH
Abbrev. for ANTIDIURETIC HORMONE.Collins Dictionary of Medicine © Robert M. Youngson 2004, 2005
ADH (antidiuretic hormone)
a hormone secreted by neurosecretory cells of the HYPOTHALAMUS and released by the posterior lobe of the PITUITARY GLAND. ADH stimulates the reabsorption of water through the distal-convoluted tubule of the KIDNEY nephron in mammals and thus limits the water content and the overall volume of urine.Collins Dictionary of Biology, 3rd ed. © W. G. Hale, V. A. Saunders, J. P. Margham 2005
ADH
Antidiuretic hormone, or the hormone that helps to concentrate urine during the night.
Mentioned in: Bed-Wetting
Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.