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Definition: ADH |
ADHNoun1. 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. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| 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 |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonyms: ADHSynonyms: antidiuretic hormone (n), vasopressin (n). (additional references) |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Production of ADH becomes normal. (references) | |
Nighttime incontinence may be treated by increasing ADH levels. (references) | ||
Sometimes measuring blood levels of ADH during this test is also necessary. (references) | ||
Business | The furnaces give GEASO the capability to ADH & PACH repair both the directionally solidified and single crystal alloys that are being used extensively in their new engines. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
Expression using "ADH": Inappropriate ADH Syndrome. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "ADH": S-adh. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
adh | 71 |
adh hormone | 5 |
adh antidiuretic hormone | 5 |
adh hypothermia | 3 |
adh adult | 3 |
adh health product | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "ADH"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||
Greek | σημείο ένωσης του δεύτερου ιντρονίου του γονιδίου adh 1S και του γονιδίου pat (junction region of adh 1S-Intron2 and pat gene), περιοχή συρραφής του δεύτερου ιντρονίου του γονιδίου adh 1S και του γονιδίου pat (junction region of adh 1S-Intron2 and pat gene). (various references) | ||||
Pig Latin | adhay | ||||
| Language | Date | Source | Proverbs Chapter 2, Verse 18 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Eqeto gar para tw qanatw ton oikon authV kai para tw adh meta twn ghgenwn touV axonaV authV |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Et pacti Dei sui oblita est inclinata est enim ad mortem domus eius et ad impios semitae ipsius |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And the couenaunt of hir God hath foryete. Forsothe inwardly bowid is to deth the hous of hir, and to helle the pathis of hir. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | For her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | For her house inclineth to death, and her paths to the dead. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | For her house is on the way down to death; her footsteps go down to the shades: |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Proverbs Chapter 2, Verse 18 |
| Bulgarian | Защото домът й води надолу към смъртта, И пътеките й към мъртвите*; |
| Cebuano | Kay ang iyang balay nagaharag ngadto sa kamatayon, Ug ang iyang mga alagianan ngadto sa mga minatay; |
| Chinese | 他 的 家 陷 入 死 地 、 他 的 路 偏 向 陰 " . |
| Croatian | jer joj kuæa tone u smrt i njezini putovi vode mrtvima. |
| Danish | thi en Grav til Døden er hendes Hus, til Skyggerne fører hendes Spor; |
| Dutch | Want haar huis helt naar den dood, en haar paden naar de overledenen. |
| Finnish | Sillä hänen huoneensa kallistuu kohti kuolemaa, hänen tiensä haamuja kohden. |
| French | Car sa maison penche vers la mort, Et sa route mène chez les morts: |
| German | (denn ihr Haus neigt sich zum Tod und ihre Gänge zu den Verlorenen; |
| Haitian Creole | Si ou mete pye lakay yo, ou sou wout lanmò. Si ou ale lakay yo, ou pa lwen ale kote mò yo ye a. |
| Hungarian | Mert a halálra hanyatlik az õ háza, és az õ ösvényei az élet nélkül valókhoz. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Kalau engkau ke rumahnya berarti engkau menuju kematian. Pergi ke sana sama saja dengan pergi ke dunia orang mati. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | karena rumahnya cenderunglah kepada maut, dan segala jalannya menuju tempat orang mati. |
| Italian | La sua casa conduce verso la morte e verso il regno delle ombre i suoi sentieri. |
| Korean | 그 집 은 사 망 으 로, 그 길 은 음 부 로 기 울 어 졌 나 니 |
| Maori | E heke atu ana hoki tona whare ki te mate, ona ara ki nga tupapaku. |
| Modern Greek | "ιοτι ο οικος αυτης καταβιβαζει εις τον θανατον, και τα βηματα αυτης εις τους νεκρους· |
| Norwegian | for hennes hus synker ned i døden, og hennes veier bærer ned til dødningene; |
| Portuguese | pois a sua casa se inclina para a morte, e as suas veredas para as sombras. |
| Rumanian | Cqci casa ei pogoarq la moarte, wi drumul ei duce la cei moryi: |
| Russian | дПН ЕЕ ЧЕ"ЕФ Л УНЕТФЙ, Й УФЕЪЙ ЕЕ--Л НЕТФЧЕ"БН; |
| Spanish | Ciertamente su casa se hunde hacia la muerte, y sus sendas hacia los muertos. |
| Swedish | Ty en sådan sjunker med sitt hus ned i döden, och till skuggornas boning leda hennes stigar. >Ords. 5,5. 7,27. |
| Thai | เพราะเรือนของนางจมลงไปสู่ความมร"า และวิถีของนางไปสู่ชาวเมืองผี |
| Ukrainian | вона бо із домом своїм западеться у смерть, а стежки її до померлих, |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "ADH": adhere, adhered, adherence, adherences, adherend, adherends, adherent, adherently, adherents, adherer, adherers, adheres, adhering, adhesion, adhesional, adhesions, adhesive, adhesively, adhesiveness, adhesivenesses, adhesives, adhibit, adhibited, adhibiting, adhibits. (additional references) | |
Words containing "ADH": deadhead, deadheaded, deadheading, deadheads, headhunt, headhunted, headhunter, headhunters, headhunting, headhunts, madhouse, madhouses, nonadhesive, roadholding, roadholdings, roadhouse, roadhouses, sadhe, sadhes, sadhu, sadhus, sradha, sradhas. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: dah, had. | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-h" | |
-1 letter: ad, ah, ha. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-d-h" | |
+1 letter: chad, dahl, dahs, dash, dhak, dhal, hade, hadj, haed, hand, hard, head, shad. | |
+2 letters: aahed, ached, ahead, ahold, aphid, ashed, chads, chard, dacha, dahls, dashi, dashy, deash, death, dhaks, dhals, hadal, haded, hades, hadji, hadst, haled, halid, hands, handy, hards, hardy, hared, hated, hawed, hayed, hazed, heads, heady, heard, hexad, hoard, hodad, honda, hydra, jehad, jihad, khadi, kheda, sadhe, sadhu, shade, shads, shady, shard. | |
+3 letters: adhere, aholds, aphids, arched, bached, bashed, bathed, behead, cached, cashed, chadar, chador, chadri, chafed, chards, chared, chased, chawed, cohead, dachas, dahlia, dahoon, daledh, daleth, danish, daphne, dashed, dasher, dashes, dashis, datcha, dearth, deaths, deathy, detach, dharma, dharna, dhoora, dhurna, dirham, dourah, drachm, echard, fashed, gashed, hacked, hading, hadith, hadjee, hadjes, hadjis, hadron, hafted, hagdon, hagged, hailed, hairdo, haired, halide, halids, haloed, haloid, halted, halved, hamada, hammed, handed, handle, hanged, hanked, hanted, happed, harden, harder, hardly, harked, harmed, harped, hashed, hasped, hasted, hatred, hatted, hauled, hawked, hazard, headed, header, healed, heaped, heated, heaved, heptad, herald, hexade, hexads, heyday, hoards, hoaxed, hodads, holard, hondas, houdah, howdah, hydrae, hydras, hydria, jadish, jehads, jihads, keddah, khadis, khedah, khedas, lamedh, lashed, lathed, mashed, pardah, pashed, phased, purdah, radish, saddhu, sadhes, sadhus, sandhi, sashed, shaded, shader, shades, shadow, shaduf, shaird, shaled, shamed, shandy, shaped, shards, shared, shaved, shawed, sradha, thawed, thread, unhand, washed, whaled, whidah, whydah. | |
+4 letters: abashed, adhered, adherer, adheres, adhibit, airhead, airshed, airthed, anthoid, aphides, ashamed, athodyd, bahadur, baldish, batched, beached, behaved, beheads, bighead, bodhran, bowhead, breadth, caddish, cathead, cathode, chadars, chadors, chaffed, chained, chaired, chalcid, chalked, chamade, champed, chanced, changed, chanted, chapped, charade, charged, charked, charmed, charred, charted, chasmed, chassed, chatted, cheated, cheddar, chiliad, chordal, chuddah, chuddar, clashed, coached, coheads, cowhand, crashed, dahlias, dahoons, daledhs, daleths, dampish, daphnes, daphnia, darkish, darshan, dasheen, dashers, dashier, dashiki, dashing, dashpot, datchas, dauphin, deafish, dearths, deashed, deashes, deathly, debauch, dharmas, dharmic, dharnas, dhooras, dhourra, dhurnas, diarchy, diehard, digraph, diphase, dirhams, dishpan, dishrag, dorhawk, dourahs, drachma, drachms, draught, dyarchy, earthed, echards, echidna, edaphic, egghead, endarch, ephedra, exhaled, faddish, faithed, fathead, flashed, gnashed, godhead, graphed, habited, hackled, hadarim, haddest, haddock, hadiths, hadjees, hadrons, haemoid, hagadic, hagdons, haggada, haggard, haggled, hagride, hagrode, hairdos, halberd, halides, halidom, halloed, haloids, halyard, hamadas, hammada, handbag, handcar, handful, handgun, handier, handily, handing, handled, handler, handles, handoff, handout, handsaw, handsel, handset, hangdog, haploid, hardens, hardest, hardhat, hardier, hardies, hardily, hardpan, hardset, hardtop, harried, hassled, hatband, hatched, hatreds, haunted, havened, havered, hayride, hayseed, hayward, hazards, headers, headier, headily, heading, headman, headmen, headpin, headset, headway, hearsed, hearted, helipad, hennaed, heptads, heralds, herdman, hexades, hexadic, hexapod, heydays, hidable, hidalgo, hoarded, hoarder, hodaddy, holards, holdall, holiday, hollaed, holland, holyday, homaged, hophead, hoptoad, hothead, houdahs, howdahs, husband, huzzaed, hyaloid, hydatid, hydrant, hydrase, hydrate, hydriae, hyoidal, inhaled, jarhead, jughead, kaddish, kathode, keddahs, khaddar, khedahs, ladyish, lamedhs, latched, laughed, leached, leashed, loathed, maddish, maidish, manhood, marched, matched, midrash, offhand, orchard, padshah, parched, pardahs, patched, peached, phasmid, phrased, pinhead, pithead, plashed, poached, pochard, pothead, pshawed, purdahs, quashed, ralphed, ranched, raphide, rawhide, reached, redhead, reheard, rhabdom, rhodora, roached, saddhus, sandhis, sandhog, saphead, scathed, shaders, shadfly, shadier, shadily, shading, shadoof, shadows, shadowy, shadufs, shafted, shagged, shahdom, shairds, shammed, shanked, sharked, sharped, shauled, shawled, sheafed, sheared, sheaved, shoaled, slashed, smashed, spathed, sraddha, sradhas, stashed, subhead, swashed, swathed, thacked, thanked, thrawed, threads, thready, toadish, towhead, trashed, unhands, unhandy, unheard, uphoard, warhead, washday, watched, whacked, whammed, whanged, whapped, wharfed, whidahs, whydahs, wrathed, yachted. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)41 44 48 |
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references).- -.. .... |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000001 01000100 01001000 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A D H |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0041 0044 0048 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)353842 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Usage: Commercial 4. Quotations: Non-fiction | 5. Expressions 6. Expressions: Internet 7. Translations: Modern 8. Bible Trace | 9. Abbreviations 10. Acronyms 11. Derivations 12. Anagrams | 13. Orthography 14. Bibliography |
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