Pitressinn.
/pᵻˈtrɛsɪn/, U.S. /pəˈtrɛs(ə)n/ Pharmacology.
A proprietary name for: an aqueous solution of the hormone vasopressin; (also) the hormone itself.
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epinephrine1899
pituitrin1909
oxytocin1927
Pitocin1929
Pitressin1929
progestin1930
progesterone1935
methyltestosterone1936
pregnenolone1936
hexœstrol1939
stilboestrol1939
hydroxyprogesterone1941
progestogen1941
Premarin1942
hydroxycorticosterone1943
gestagen1948
hydrocortisone1951
cortisol1953
fluorohydrocortisone1954
isophane1954
prednisolone1955
prednisone1955
norethisterone1956
norethynodrel1957
dexamethasone1958
fludrocortisone1958
norethindrone1960
antidiuretic hormone1961
medroxyprogesterone1962
Pergonal1963
mesterolone1965
norgestrel1966
quinestrol1966
pancuronium1967
pentagastrin1967
levonorgestrel1977
1929 Official Gaz. (U.S. Patent Office) 15 Jan. 514/2 Parke, Davis & Company... Filed Nov. 2, 1928. Pitressin. For pressor principle of the pituitary gland... Claims use since about Oct. 20, 1928.
1929 Jrnl. Amer. Med. Assoc. 19 Jan. 237/2 The alpha and beta hormones [isolated from the posterior lobe of the pituitary body] are to be known commercially as pitocin and pitressin respectively.
1943 Lancet 27 Feb. 267/1 Pitressin tannate in oil seems to be the safest and most effective slowly acting preparation of the posterior pituitary lobe so far available for the treatment of diabetes insipidus.
2003 Vancouver Province (Nexis) 15 June a47 The most reliable available medication, while expensive, is a synthetic form of the hormone pitressin.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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