epinephrine

English

Structure diagram of epinephrine

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἐπί (epí, “upon”) + νεφρός (nephrós, “kidney”) + English -ine.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɛpɪˈnɛfɹɪn/

Noun

epinephrine (countable and uncountable, plural epinephrines)

(biochemistry, organic chemistry)(medicine) A catecholamine hormone and neurotransmitter; as a hormone, secreted by the adrenal gland in response to stress (when it stimulates the autonomic nervous system); as a neurotransmitter, synthesized from norepinephrine. It is also used as a medication.
Synonym: adrenaline

Synonyms

(hormone and neurotransmitter): 4,5-β-trihydroxy-N-methylphenethylamine

Hypernyms

(hormone): catecholamine
(neurotransmitter): monoamine, phenethylamine

Derived terms

Translations

hormone and nurotransmitter

Catalan: epinefrina f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 腎上腺素／肾上腺素 (zh) (shènshàngxiànsù)
Esperanto: adrenalino (eo)
Finnish: epinefriini (fi)
French: épinéphrine (fr) f
German: Epinephrin n
Greek: επινεφρίνη f (epinefríni)
Hungarian: epinefrin
Ido: adrenalino (io)
Italian: epinefrina f
Polish: epinefryna f
Portuguese: epinefrina f
Russian: эпинефри́н (ru) m (epinefrín), адренали́н (ru) m (adrenalín)
Spanish: epinefrina (es) f
Swedish: adrenalin (sv)
Turkish: adrenalin (tr), epinefrin

Further reading

adrenaline on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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