EPINEPHRINE

 Dictionary entry overview: What does epinephrine mean? 

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

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

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• EPINEPHRINE (noun)

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 ("epinephrine" 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)