epinephrine

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)

1. (biochemistry, organic chemistry) 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.

   Synonym: adrenaline

Synonyms

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

Hypernyms

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

Derived terms

• deoxyepinephrine
• metanephrine
• norepinephrine
• racepinephrine

 

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