"epinephrine" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˌɛp.ɪˈnɛ.fɹɪn/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Qwertygiy-epinephrine.wav [US], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Naomi Persephone Amethyst (NaomiAmethyst)-epinephrine.wav [General-American] Forms: epinephrines [plural]
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-der. Proto-Indo-European *h₁épsder. Proto-Indo-European *h₁epi Proto-Hellenic *epí Ancient Greek ἐπί (epí) Ancient Greek ἐπῐ- (epĭ-) Proto-Indo-European *negʷʰrós Proto-Hellenic *nekʷʰrós Ancient Greek νεφρός (nephrós) Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnusder. Old French -inbor. Middle English -in English -ine English epinephrine From Ancient Greek ἐπι- (epi-, “upon”) + νεφρός (nephrós, “kidney”) + -ine. Etymology templates: {{etymon|en|:af|grc:ἐπῐ-|grc:νεφρός|-ine<id:chemistry>|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-der. Proto-Indo-European *h₁épsder. Proto-Indo-European *h₁epi Proto-Hellenic *epí Ancient Greek ἐπί (epí) Ancient Greek ἐπῐ- (epĭ-) Proto-Indo-European *negʷʰrós Proto-Hellenic *nekʷʰrós Ancient Greek νεφρός (nephrós) Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnusder. Old French -inbor. Middle English -in English -ine English epinephrine [Appendix:Glossary#derived_terms|Derived]] from", "terms" : [ { "alt" : "*h₁éps", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "status" : "inline", "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*h₁ep-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*h₁epi", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Hellenic", "term" : "*epí", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "grk-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "ἐπί", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "ἐπῐ-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "grc" }, { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*negʷʰrós", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Hellenic", "term" : "*nekʷʰrós", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "grk-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "νεφρός", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "grc" }, { "id" : "chemistry", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "bor.", "keyword_label" : "Borrowed from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "adjectives of materials", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "verbal adjectives", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-nós", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-iHnos", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*-īnos", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-īnus", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Old French", "term" : "-in", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "fro" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "-in", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-ine", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "epinephrine", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="epinephrine">, {{der|en|grc|ἐπι-||upon}} Ancient Greek ἐπι- (epi-, “upon”), {{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 Synonyms: adrenaline Synonyms (hormone and neurotransmitter): 4, 5-β-trihydroxy-N-methylphenethylamine Hypernyms (hormone): catecholamine Hypernyms (neurotransmitter): monoamine, phenethylamine Derived forms: deoxyepinephrine, dipivefrine, epipen, EpiPen, metanephrine, norepinephrine, phenylephrine, racepinephrine Translations (hormone and neurotransmitter): epinefrina [feminine] (Catalan), 腎上腺素 /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), エピネフリン (epinefurin) (Japanese), 에피네프린 (epinepeurin) (Korean), epinefryna [feminine] (Polish), epinefrina [feminine] (Portuguese), эпинефри́н (epinefrín) [masculine] (Russian), адренали́н (adrenalín) [masculine] (Russian), epinefrina [feminine] (Spanish), adrenalin [neuter] (Swedish), adrenalin (Turkish), epinefrin (Turkish), епінефри́н (epinefrýn) [masculine] (Ukrainian)

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