"adrenergic" meaning in English

See adrenergic in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more adrenergic [comparative], most adrenergic [superlative]
Etymology: From adreno- + -ergic. Etymology templates: {{af|en|adreno-|-ergic}} adreno- + -ergic Head templates: {{en-adj}} adrenergic (comparative more adrenergic, superlative most adrenergic)
  1. Having the quality of adrenaline or epinephrine. Translations (having the quality of adrenaline or epinephrine): adrenergní (Czech), adrenerginen (Finnish), adrenerg (German), adrenérgico (Portuguese), adrenérgico (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-adrenergic-en-adj-byUmTQzi Categories (other): English terms prefixed with adreno-, English terms suffixed with -ergic, Terms with Hungarian translations Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with adreno-: 50 16 19 16 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ergic: 33 9 36 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 37 17 32 14 Disambiguation of 'having the quality of adrenaline or epinephrine': 96 3 1
  2. Containing or releasing adrenaline. Categories (topical): Neuroscience, Neurotransmitters Translations (containing or releasing adrenaline): adrenèrgic (Catalan), adrenerginen (Finnish), adrenerg (German), adrenerg (Hungarian), adrenergiczny (Polish), adrenérgico (Portuguese), adrenérgico (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-adrenergic-en-adj-UDQJtgZI Disambiguation of Neuroscience: 36 64 0 0 Disambiguation of Neurotransmitters: 32 44 16 8 Categories (other): Terms with Hungarian translations Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 37 17 32 14 Disambiguation of 'containing or releasing adrenaline': 14 84 2
  3. Activated by an adrenal mechanism.
    Sense id: en-adrenergic-en-adj-~Ui2FHMK Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ergic, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 23 9 39 29 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ergic: 33 9 36 22 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 23 9 45 22 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 19 7 49 26 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 12 4 48 35 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 25 10 44 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 28 17 38 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 25 10 45 20 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 26 10 44 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 37 17 32 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 27 19 38 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 25 10 45 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 21 7 51 21
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: adrenergic receptor, antiadrenergic, hyperadrenergic, neuroadrenergic, nonadrenergic, sympathoadrenergic

Noun

Forms: adrenergics [plural]
Etymology: From adreno- + -ergic. Etymology templates: {{af|en|adreno-|-ergic}} adreno- + -ergic Head templates: {{en-noun}} adrenergic (plural adrenergics)
  1. Any adrenergic compound.
    Sense id: en-adrenergic-en-noun-gooittW6 Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -ergic, Terms with Hungarian translations Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ergic: 33 9 36 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 37 17 32 14

Inflected forms

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