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octapressin (medicine)


octapressin -->
felypressin
<chemical> Synthetic analog of lypressin with more vasoconstrictor than antidiuretic action. It is used as a haemostatic.

Pharmacological action: haemostatics, renal agents, vasoconstrictor agents.

Chemical name: Vasopressin, 2-L-phenylalanine-8-L-lysine-


monsoon (oh)



[Date: 1500-1600; Origin: Early Dutch monssoen, from Portuguese mon?ao, from Arabic mawsim 'time, season']
[usually singular] the season, from about April to October, when it rains a lot in India and Other southern Asian countries
the heavy rain that falls during the monsoon, or the wind that brings the rain