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.
A coagulant is anything that curdles milk. Rennet is a generally used as a generic term used to describe a an animal dervived coagulant that includes the enzyme rennin or chymosin (the two terms refer to the same thingâ-rennin is an older term while chymosin is the more chemically specific term for the same enzyme).