"epinephrine" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ɛpɪˈnɛfɹɪn/ Forms: epinephrines [plural]
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἐπι- (epi-, “upon”) + νεφρός (nephrós, “kidney”) + -ine. Etymology templates: {{der|en|grc|ἐπι-||upon}} Ancient Greek ἐπι- (epi-, “upon”), {{m|grc|νεφρός||kidney}} νεφρός (nephrós, “kidney”), {{af|en|-ine|id1=chemistry}} -ine Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} epinephrine (countable and uncountable, plural epinephrines)
  1. (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. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Hormones, Medicine, Neurotransmitters, Organic compounds Synonyms: adrenaline Synonyms (hormone and neurotransmitter): 4, 5-β-trihydroxy-N-methylphenethylamine Hypernyms (hormone): catecholamine Hypernyms (neurotransmitter): monoamine, phenethylamine Derived forms: deoxyepinephrine, metanephrine, norepinephrine, racepinephrine Translations (hormone and nurotransmitter): epinefrina [feminine] (Catalan), 腎上腺素 (Chinese Mandarin), 肾上腺素 (shènshàngxiànsù) (Chinese Mandarin), adrenalino (Esperanto), epinefriini (Finnish), épinéphrine [feminine] (French), Epinephrin [neuter] (German), επινεφρίνη (epinefríni) [feminine] (Greek), epinefrin (Hungarian), adrenalino (Ido), epinefrin (Indonesian), epinefrina [feminine] (Italian), epinefryna [feminine] (Polish), epinefrina [feminine] (Portuguese), эпинефри́н (epinefrín) [masculine] (Russian), адренали́н (adrenalín) [masculine] (Russian), epinefrina [feminine] (Spanish), adrenalin (Swedish), adrenalin (Turkish), epinefrin (Turkish), епінефри́н (epinefrýn) [masculine] (Ukrainian)

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