epinephrin
- noun
- /ˌɛpɪˈnɛfrɪn/
- Specialized
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epinefrina
- The doctor explained that epinephrine can help treat severe allergic reactions by raising blood pressure.
You get a squirt of adrenaline, you get some cortisol, some epinephrine, like that's why your heart starts racing, you start sweating, you feel tense.
- You get a squirt of adrenaline, you get some cortisol, some epinephrine, like that's why your heart starts racing, you start sweating, you feel tense.
- And when there's a fight or flight response necessary, or be it a real or emotional, it releases adrenaline and epinephrine.
- So when we're in a fight mindset, we are we are using a lot of epinephrine, adrenaline, cortisol, and there's this current of anxiety.
- The neurons in locus ceruleus, if I'm not mistaken, release or epinephrine, perhaps epinephrine as well.
- In fact, a lot of people don't know this, but dopamine is actually what epinephrine is made from.
- These neurons that release epinephrine into fat are not wired up and really aren't present.
Examples
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You get a squirt of adrenaline, you get some cortisol, some epinephrine, like that's why your heart starts racing, you start sweating, you feel tense.
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When you encounter danger, your adrenal glands produce epinephrine to help you respond quickly.
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In fact, a lot of people don't know this, but dopamine is actually what epinephrine is made from.
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So if somebody's pupils are really big in bright light, that person's got a lot of epinephrine, adrenaline in their system.
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So you don't want to regard acetylcholine or epinephrine as having mental significance.
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So when we're in a fight mindset, we are we are using a lot of epinephrine, adrenaline, cortisol, and there's this current of anxiety.
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I mean, ultimately it's the kidneys, your, your adrenal glands save you because they produce the epinephrine or adrenaline.
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The neurons in locus ceruleus, if I'm not mistaken, release or epinephrine, perhaps epinephrine as well.
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During stressful situations, the body releases epinephrine, which increases the heart rate.
Synonyms
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3.6
A hormone the body makes during stress that raises heart rate and energy and treats severe allergic reactions when injected
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5.7
A natural hormone and emergency medicine that raises heart rate and treats severe allergic reactions and cardiac arrest
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4.1
A chemical the body makes in danger or excitement that makes the heart beat faster and gives more energy
Surface Forms
Morphology
epinephrin = epinephrine (opaque) = epi + nephr + in
Formed from Greek combining elements (epi- + nephr- + -in) that are not productive or familiar to average learners, so the meaning is not derivable from its parts.
Etymology
Epinephrin comes from Greek parts epi- 'upon' and nephros 'kidney', so it originally meant 'upon the kidney', the place where the adrenal gland sits. That's why epinephrin (also called adrenaline) is the hormone the body makes in danger to speed up the heart and give a quick burst of energy, the 'fight or flight' response.