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noradrenaline

/nɔːɹəˈdɹɛnəlɪn/

noradrenaline noun: synonym of norepinephrine.

Noun

noradrenaline (countable and uncountable, plural noradrenalines)

  1. (UK) Synonym of norepinephrine.
    • Ranicide in rats was found to be reduced by injection of noradrenaline into the hypothalamus, as was muricide behaviour (Bandler, 1970).[…]Other sites in the unspecified ‘ventral midbrain’ were also found (Bandler, 1971) at which noradrenaline administration in crystalline form served to facilitate...1984, Stephen T. Mason, “Catecholamines and vegetative behaviour”, in Catecholamines and Behaviour, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, section “Aggression”, page 333
    Synonyms:
    norepinephrine

Synonyms of noradrenaline

Forms of noradrenaline

pluralnoradrenalines
alternative formnoradrenalin

Origin of noradrenaline

From nor- + adrenaline.

Words formed from noradrenaline

Questions about noradrenaline

What does noradrenaline mean?
Noradrenaline means synonym of norepinephrine.
What part of speech is noradrenaline?
Noradrenaline is a noun.
How do you pronounce noradrenaline?
Noradrenaline is pronounced /nɔːɹəˈdɹɛnəlɪn/.
What is the plural of noradrenaline?
The plural of noradrenaline is noradrenalines.

Words near noradrenaline in the dictionary

  1. norabietanes
  2. noracymethadol
  3. norad
  4. Noradjuha
  5. noradrenalin
  6. noradrenaline
  7. noradrenalinergic
  8. noradrenalines
  9. noradrenalins
  10. noradrenenergic
  11. noradrenergic

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