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epinephrine Chem.|ɛpɪˈnɛfrɪn| Also -in. [f. Gr. ἐπί upon + νεϕρός kidney + -ine5.] = adrenaline.
1899Jrnl. Chem. Soc. LXXVI. i. 395 Epinephrine, the active material of suprarenal capsules. 1900Dorland Med. Dict., Epinephrin. 1908Practitioner Mar. 422 The active principle from the medulla of the suprarenal capsule is now generally known as adrenalin, though other terms have been applied, such as suprarenin, epinephrin. 1949H. W. Florey et al. Antibiotics II. xxxviii. 1234 The use of propylene glycol with penicillin, epinephrine hydrochloride, and arachis oil. 1962A. Huxley Island xiv. 250 Their pink epinephrin, my visions; their white epinephrin, my crimes. 1963J. H. Burn Drugs, Med. & Man (ed. 2) ii. 23 Most people have heard of the substance adrenaline, which is called epinephrine in the United States Pharmacopoeia. |