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angiolysin


Term: angiolysin
Literally meaning: “that which breaks  up vessels”
Origin: Anc Greek
αγγείο/aggio (=vessel, receptacle) > άγγος/aggos(=tube)
+ λύσις/lysis (=loosing) > λύω/leo (break up, solve) à dissolution or a riot
Coined/History
The term was coined by Bernhard Glodny and Guido F Pauli  after angiolysin isolation from renal medulla and named it due to its extremely potent vasodilatory properties.
Source
Bernhard Glodny, and Guido F Pauli, The Vasodepressor Function of the Kidney: Further Characterization of Medullipin and a Second Hormone Designated Angiolysin Hypertension Research (2006) 29, 533–544; doi:10.1291/hypres.29.533

Definition
Angiolysin is a  vasodilator hormone from renal medulla of  kidneys .

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