Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of lacrimator): chlorobenzylidenemalononitrile; CS gas (a tear gas that is stronger than CN gas but wears off faster; can be deployed by grenades or cluster bombs; can cause skin burns and fatal pulmonary edema)
Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: Renin. Renin, also known as an angiotensinogenase, is an enzyme that participates in the body's renin-angiotensin system âalso known as the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone axisâthat mediates extracellular volume, and arterial vasoconstriction.
rennin. the milk-curdling enzyme found in the gastric juice of human infants (before pepsin formation) and abundantly in that of the calf and other ruminants; a preparation from the stomach of the calf is used to coagulate milk protein to facilitate its digestion.tymology: ME, rennen, to run. a milk-curdling enzyme that occurs in the gastric juices of infants and is also contained in the rennet produced in the stomach of calves and other ruminants.