"EpiPen" meaning in English

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Proper name

Etymology: Originally a trademark; a marketing coinage, presumably a blend of epinephrine + pen. Etymology templates: {{blend|en|epinephrine|pen|nocap=1}} blend of epinephrine + pen Head templates: {{en-proper-noun}} EpiPen
  1. A brandname for an epinephrine autoinjector: A device for the autoinjection of adrenaline; used by people who suffer from severe allergies and risk anaphylactic shock. Categories (topical): Medicine Derived forms: epipen (english: genericized noun)
    Sense id: en-EpiPen-en-name-KyiRXhK6 Disambiguation of Medicine: 71 29 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English genericized trademarks Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 58 42 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 54 46 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 59 41 Disambiguation of English genericized trademarks: 50 50

Noun

Forms: EpiPens [plural]
Etymology: Originally a trademark; a marketing coinage, presumably a blend of epinephrine + pen. Etymology templates: {{blend|en|epinephrine|pen|nocap=1}} blend of epinephrine + pen Head templates: {{en-noun}} EpiPen (plural EpiPens)
  1. Alternative form of epipen (genericized term) Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: epipen (extra: genericized term) Synonyms: Epi Pen, Epi-Pen Synonyms (genericized term): epipen, epi-pen, epi pen Hypernyms: autoinjector
    Sense id: en-EpiPen-en-noun-eYLfuyFm Categories (other): English blends, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English genericized trademarks Disambiguation of English blends: 42 58 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 54 46 Disambiguation of English genericized trademarks: 50 50 Disambiguation of 'genericized term': 6 94

Inflected forms

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