nor·a·dren·a·line

[nawr-uh-dren-l-in, -een]
Also, nor·a·dren·a·lin [nawr-uh-dren-l-in] .


Origin:
1930–35; nor- + adrenaline

Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2013.
Cite This Source Link To noradrenaline
Collins
World English Dictionary
noradrenaline or noradrenalin (ˌnɔːrəˈdrɛnəlɪn, -ˌliːn, -lIn) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
US name: norepinephrine a hormone secreted by the adrenal medulla, increasing blood pressure and heart rate, and by the endings of sympathetic nerves, when it acts as a neurotransmitter both centrally and peripherally. Formula: C8H11NO3
 
noradrenalin or noradrenalin
 
n

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
Cite This Source
00:10
Noradrenaline is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.
American Heritage
Science Dictionary
noradrenaline   (nôr'ə-drěn'ə-lĭn)  Pronunciation Key 
See norepinephrine.
The American Heritage® Science Dictionary
Copyright © 2002. Published by Houghton Mifflin. All rights reserved.
Cite This Source
Example sentences
One, bupropion, is an anti depressant that blocks the effects of the neuro transmitter noradrenaline.
People with ptsd already have high levels of noradrenaline.
Related Words
Copyright © 2013 Dictionary.com, LLC. All rights reserved.
  • Please Login or Sign Up to use the Recent Searches feature
FAVORITES
RECENT