See Also: Atriopeptin(medicine)

Minoress (iou) and Atriopeptin (medicine)


Minoress (iou)



Minoress noun. obsolete exc. Hist. LME.
[Old French menouresse, from menour: see MINOR adjective & noun, -ESS1.]
A Franciscan nun of the second order, a Poor Clare.

Atriopeptin (medicine)


atriopeptin


Synonym: atrial natriuretic peptide.

Origin: atrio-+ peptide + suffix -in, material