epinephrine

Other forms of epinephrine

plural

epinephrines·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about epinephrine

What does epinephrine mean?

epinephrine means "a catecholamine secreted by the adrenal medulla in response to stress (trade name Adrenalin); stimulates autonomic nerve action".

How many syllables are in epinephrine?

epinephrine has 4 syllables: ep-i-neph-rine. The stress falls on "neph". In IPA it is /ˌɛpɪˈnɛfɹɪn/.

What is another word for epinephrine?

Close synonyms include epinephrin, adrenaline, Adrenalin. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is epinephrine a common word?

epinephrine is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.