adrenaline

See also: adrénaline

English

The chemical structure of adrenaline.

From adrenal +‎ -ine. It is a New Latin calque of Ancient Greek ἐπί (epí, “upon”) + νεφρός (nephrós, “kidney”) + -ine, coined and trademarked by Parke-Davis, subsidiary of pharmaceutical company Pfizer. Originally spelled without the final e.

adrenaline (usually uncountable, plural adrenalines)

Terms derived from adrenaline

the compound epinephrine

Afrikaans: adrenalien (af)
Albanian: adrenalina
Arabic: أَدْرِينَالِين‎‎ m (ʾadrīnālīn)
Armenian: ադրենալին (hy) (adrenalin)
Catalan: adrenalina, epinefrina
Chinese:
Cantonese: 腎上腺素, 肾上腺素 (san⁶ soeng⁶ sin³ sou³)

Mandarin: 腎上腺素 (zh), 肾上腺素 (zh) (shènshàngxiànsù)
Czech: adrenalin (cs) m
Esperanto: adrenalino (eo)
Finnish: adrenaliini (fi)
French: adrénaline (fr) f
German: Adrenalin (de) n
Greek: αδρεναλίνη (el) f (adrenalíni)
Hebrew: אדרנלין‎‎ (he) m (adrenalín), אפינפרין‎‎ (he) m (epinefrín)
Hindi: एड्रेनालाईन (eḍrenālā'īn)
Hungarian: adrenalin (hu)
Ido: adrenalino (io)
Irish: aidréanailín m
Italian: adrenalina (it) f

adrenaline f (uncountable)

adrenaline f pl

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