Epinephrine

Definition: Epinephrine

Epinephrine

Noun

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

Specialty Definitions: Epinephrine

Domain	Definitions
Health	The active sympathomimetic hormone from the adrenal medulla in most species. It stimulates both the alpha- and beta- adrenergic systems, causes systemic vasoconstriction and gastrointestinal relaxation, stimulates the heart, and dilates bronchi and cerebral vessels. It is used in asthma and cardiac failure and to delay absorption of local anesthetics. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Synonyms: Epinephrine

Synonyms: adrenaline (n), epinephrin (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Epinephrine

English words defined with "epinephrine": adrenal medulla, adrenergic, adrenergic drug ♦ catecholamine ♦ MAO, monoamine oxidase ♦ noradrenaline, norepinephrine ♦ phaeochromocytoma, pheochromocytoma ♦ sympathomimetic ♦ vasoconstrictive, vasoconstrictor. (references)

Specialty definitions using "epinephrine": Adrenergic Antagonists, Adrenochrome ♦ Biogenic Amines ♦ Chromaffin Cells, Chromaffin Granules, Chronotherapy, Cyclic AMP ♦ Metanephrine, Methoxyhydroxyphenylglycol ♦ Phenylethanolamine N-Methyltransferase ♦ Receptors, Adrenergic, beta-1, Receptors, Adrenergic, beta-2, Receptors, Biogenic Amine, Receptors, Catecholamine. (references)

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Non-Fiction Usage: Epinephrine

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		It is also the precursor of epinephrine, thyroid hormones, and melanin. (references)
		Some agents (e.g., sodium chloride, epinephrine, and ethanol) appear promising for early control of bleeding. (references)
		The ingestion of nicotine results in an almost immediate "kick" because it causes a discharge of epinephrine from the adrenal cortex. (references)
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Usage Frequency: Epinephrine

"Epinephrine" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 56.52% of the time. "Epinephrine" is used about 23 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)	56.52%	13	97,576
Noun (singular)	43.48%	10	111,207
Total	100.00%	23	N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Epinephrine

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day
epinephrine	203
racemic epinephrine	13
epinephrine pen	4
adrenaline epinephrine	3
epinephrine norepinephrine	2
epinephrine this	2
effects epinephrine	2
epinephrine use	2
epinephrine side effects	2
epinephrine reaction	2
lidocaine with epinephrine	2
epinephrine injection	2
drug epinephrine revenue	2
epinephrine kit	2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Epinephrine

Language		Translations for "epinephrine"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Danish		epinephrin, epinefrin, adrenalin (adrenalin, adrenaline). (various references)

Dutch		epinefrine (adrenalin), suprarenine (adrenalin), adrenaline (adrenalin, adrenaline). (various references)

Finnish		epinefriini. (various references)

French		adrénaline, épinéphrine. (various references)

German		Epirenan (adrenalin), Epinephrin (adrenalin), Sympathin (adrenalin), Suprarenin (adrenalin), Pressorsubstanz (adrenalin), Paranephrin (adrenalin), Nebennierenmarkhormon (adrenalin), Loewi Acceleransstoff (adrenalin), Levoreninum (adrenalin), Glaukosan (adrenalin), Adrenalinum (adrenalin), Adrenalin (adrenalin, adrenaline), Acceleransstoff (adrenalin). (various references)

Greek		επινεφρίνη, αδρεναλίνη (adrenalin, adrenaline). (various references)

Italian		epinefrina, diossifeniletamolmetilanina (adrenalin), adrenalina (adrenalin, adrenaline). (various references)

Pig Latin		epinephrineay

Portuguese		epinefrina, adrenalina (adrenalin, adrenaline). (various references)

Spanish		epinefrina (adrenaline), adrenalina (adrenalin, adrenaline). (various references)

Swedish		epinefrin. (various references)

Thai		ฮอร์โมนอะ�"รีนาลีน. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Epinephrine

Derivations
	Words beginning with "epinephrine": epinephrines. (additional references)
	Words ending with "epinephrine": norepinephrine. (additional references)
	Words containing "epinephrine": norepinephrines. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Epinephrine" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: apinephrine, epinrphrine, Heminephrin. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: Epinephrine

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "e-e-e-h-i-i-n-n-p-p-r"
	-1 letter: epinephrin.
	-3 letters: piperine.
	-4 letters: hippier, nippier.
	-5 letters: heinie, herein, hipper, hippie, inhere, nipper, peeper, peerie, penner, pinene, pinier, pinner, pipier, repine.
	Words containing the letters "e-e-e-h-i-i-n-n-p-p-r"
	+1 letter: epinephrines.
	+3 letters: norepinephrine.
	+4 letters: norepinephrines.
	+5 letters: superenciphering.
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