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adrenochromes

adrenochromes is the plural of adrenochrome.

Meaning of adrenochrome

Noun

adrenochrome (countable and uncountable, plural adrenochromes)

  1. An oxidation product of adrenaline or epinephrine; its semicarbazone is used as a drug to reduce bleeding.
    • Investigation of the chemical constitution showed that it has the properties of N-methyl-2:3-dihydro-3-hydroxyindole-5:6-quinone. The shorter name adrenochrome is proposed for this substance. […] Adrenochrome is a very unstable substance: it is completely destroyed in 4 min. by 1% hydrochloric...1937, David Ezra Green, “Adrenaline and Adrenochrome”, in The Biochemical Journal, volume 31, number 4, page 596
  2. A fictional drug obtained from human adrenal glands.
    • “[…]He's one of these Satanism freaks. He offered me human blood—said it would make me higher than I'd ever been in my life,” he laughed. “I thought he was kidding, so I told him I'd just as soon have an ounce or so of pure adrenochrome—or maybe just a fresh adrenalin gland to chew on.”1971, Hunter S. Thompson, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, New York: Popular Library, →ISBN, page 132

Questions about adrenochromes

What is adrenochromes the plural of?
Adrenochromes is the plural of adrenochrome.

Words near adrenochromes in the dictionary

  1. adrenoceptive
  2. adrenoceptor
  3. adrenoceptors
  4. adrenocholinergic
  5. adrenochrome
  6. adrenochromes
  7. adrenocortex
  8. adrenocortic
  9. adrenocortical
  10. adrenocortically
  11. adrenocorticoid

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