noun
See epinephrine.
noun
The definition of adrenaline is a hormone that causes your heart rate to speed up and gives you more energy.
Epinephrine is an example of adrenaline.
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See epinephrine
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Noun
(uncountable)
- (biochemistry) An alternative name for epinephrine; the hormone and neurotransmitter.
Origin
From adrenal +"Ž -ine.
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adrenaline - Medical Definition
n.
See epinephrine
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Sentence Examples
- Processing what happened took her adrenaline-fused mind a long moment.
- She paused, the unfamiliar sensation a combination of adrenaline that made her blood quicken and electricity that made her skin tingle.
- Adrenaline hit her as she realized this was not a drill.
- Adrenaline spun through him, and he staggered up, ready to fight it off.
- Adrenaline and battle lust reared once again.
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