Brunn reaction

Brunn re·ac·tion

(brūn), the increased absorption of water through the skin of the frog when the animal is injected with pituitrin and immersed in water; one of the physiologic reactions used to study and classify posterior pituitary polypeptides and their analogues.

Brunn,

Fritz, 20th century Czech physician. Brunn reaction - the increased absorption of water through the skin of a frog when the animal is injected with pituitrin and immersed in water.