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epinephrines

epinephrines is the plural of epinephrine.

Meaning of epinephrine

Noun

epinephrine (countable and uncountable, plural epinephrines)

  1. 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.
    • At the ER, after deflating me with a cocktail of epinephrine, a steroid and an antihistamine, the doctors scolded me for not coming in more quickly: I could have died of asphyxiation.2023 November 1, “‘We’re sedating women with self-care’: how we became obsessed with wellness”, in The Guardian, →ISSN
    Synonyms:
    adrenaline, 4, 5-β-trihydroxy-N-methylphenethylamine

Questions about epinephrines

What is epinephrines the plural of?
Epinephrines is the plural of epinephrine.

Words near epinephrines in the dictionary

  1. epinepheline
  2. epinephelins
  3. epinephric
  4. epinephrin
  5. epinephrine
  6. epinephrines
  7. epinephritis
  8. epinetra
  9. epinetron
  10. epineural
  11. epineurally

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