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ADRENALIN

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Dictionary entry overview: What does Adrenalin mean?

• ADRENALIN (noun)
The noun ADRENALIN has 1 sense:

1. a catecholamine secreted by the adrenal medulla in response to stress (trade name Adrenalin); stimulates autonomic nerve action

Familiarity information: ADRENALIN used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• ADRENALIN (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A catecholamine secreted by the adrenal medulla in response to stress (trade name Adrenalin); stimulates autonomic nerve action

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

Adrenalin; adrenaline; epinephrin; epinephrine

Hypernyms ("Adrenalin" is a kind of...):

pressor; vasoconstrictive; vasoconstrictor (any agent that causes a narrowing of an opening of a blood vessel: cold or stress or nicotine or epinephrine or norepinephrine or angiotensin or vasopressin or certain drugs; maintains or increases blood pressure)

endocrine; hormone; internal secretion (the secretion of an endocrine gland that is transmitted by the blood to the tissue on which it has a specific effect)

neurotransmitter (transmits nerve impulses across a synapse)

catecholamine (any of a group of chemicals including epinephrine and norepinephrine that are produced in the medulla of the adrenal gland)

Domain usage:

trade name (a name given to a product or service)

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