Dictionary - Definition of ADH

Definition: ADH


Part of Speech	Definition
Noun	1. Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus; affects blood pressure by stimulating capillary muscles and reduces urine flow by affecting reabsorption of water by kidney tubules.[Wordnet].
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"ADH" is a common misspelling or typo for: ash, ach, dah, ADN, ADB, Adah, SDH, ADHD.

Date "ADH" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1855. (references)

Specialty Definition: ADH

Domain	Definition
Aerospace	Advanced Development Hardware. (references)
Business	Abbreviation for automatic data handling. (references)
Technology	Automatic Data Handling. (references)
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The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
Entry	Source	Expression	Field
ADH	Dutch	Alcoholdehydrogenase	Medicine
adh	English	Alcohol dehydrogenase	Chemistry
ADH	French	Hormone antidiurétique	N/A
ADH	German	Alkoholdehydrogenase	Medicine
ADH	Italian	Alcoldeidrogenasi	Medicine
ADH	Swedish	Alkoholdehydrogenas	Medicine
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ADH is a three-letter acronym that may refer to:

Accumulated Degree Hour a term used in forensic entomology to work out the period a person has been dead for. Using arthropods and insects that inhabit carrion/cadavers. See Also

ADaptive Hydraulics, a computational hydraulic model containing an unstructured flow solver, a groundwater solver, and a 2-D shallow water flow solver - (Stockstill and Berger, Simulation of Flow in Hydraulic Structures using ADH).

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Topics by Level of Interest: ADH
Topics sorted by level of Interest	Level (1=low, 600=high)	Topics sorted Alphabetically	Level (1=low, 600=high)
Mahd adh Dhahab	5	ADH	4
ADH	4	Mahd adh Dhahab	5
Source: the editor, created by/for EVE to gauge likely levels of human interest in linguistically triggered topics (compiled across various sources, such as Wikipedia and specialty expression glosses).

Translations: ADH

Language	Translations (or nearest inflections or synonyms, in parentheses)
Chinese Traditional	抗利尿激素 (ADH, antidiuretic hormone). Additional references: Chinese Traditional, China, Brunei, ADH. (volunteer & more translations)
Hanguk Mal	항이뇨 호르몬 (ADH). Additional references: Hanguk Mal, Korea, South, Korea, ADH. (volunteer & more translations)
Hanguohua	항이뇨 호르몬 (ADH). Additional references: Hanguohua, Korea, South, Korea, ADH. (volunteer & more translations)
Japanese	抗利尿ホルモン (ADH, antidiuretic hormone), アルコール脱水素酵素 (ADH, alcohol dehydrogenase). Additional references: Japanese, Japan, Taiwan, ADH. (volunteer & more translations)
Korean	항이뇨 호르몬 (ADH). Additional references: Korean, Korea, South, Korea, ADH. (volunteer & more translations)
Spanish	vasopresina (vasopressin, aDH, antidiuretic hormone, VP), alcohol-deshidrogenasa (aDH, alcohol dehydrogenase, aldehyde reductase). Additional references: Spanish, Spain, Mexico, ADH. (volunteer & more translations)
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Language	Translations for “ADH” or closest synonym(s); back translations in parentheses.
Pig Latin	ADHWAY (ADH). Additional references: Pig Latin, ADH. (volunteer)
Terran B	vlopresinsidro (aDH). Additional references: Terran B, ADH. (volunteer)
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