Definition
A powerful hormone and neurotransmitter (also called adrenaline) that increases heart rate, breathing, and blood pressure during fight-or-flight responses.
Etymology
From Greek epi- (above, upon) + nephr- (kidney) + -ine (chemical suffix); named for being secreted above the kidney by the adrenal glands.
Kelly Says
Epinephrine is why your heart pounds before a presentation or race—it's an ancient survival system, but now we use it medically in EpiPens to reverse severe allergies, taking a stress hormone and weaponizing it to save lives.
Translations
AMአማርኛ
እድርኔላይን
ed-re-na-lin
ARالعربية
أدرينالين
ad-re-na-leen
BNবাংলা
এপিনেফ্রিন
ay-pee-neh-frin
CACatalà
epinefrina
eh-pee-nef-ree-nah
CSČeština
adrenalin
ad-re-na-lin
DADansk
adrenalin
ad-re-na-lin
DEDeutsch
Adrenalin
ah-drey-nah-lihn
ELΕλληνικά
αδρεναλίνη
a-drey-na-li-nee
ESEspañol
epinefrina
eh-pee-nef-ree-nah
FAفارسی
آدرنالین
a-dren-a-lin
FISuomi
adrenaliini
ad-re-na-li-i-ni
FRFrançais
adrénaline
ah-dray-nah-leen
GUGU
એપિનેફ્રીન
ay-pee-neh-frin
HAHA
epinephrine
eh-pee-nef-rin
HEעברית
אדרנלין
a-dre-na-lin
HIहिन्दी
एपिनेफ्रीन
ay-pee-neh-frin
HUMagyar
adrenalin
ad-re-na-lin
IDBahasa Indonesia
epinefrin
eh-pee-nef-rin
IGIG
epinephrine
eh-pee-nef-rin
ITItaliano
epinefrina
e-pee-nef-ree-nah
KMKM
អាត្រីណាលីន
a-tre-na-li-in
MRMR
एपिनेफ्रीन
ay-pee-neh-frin
MSBahasa Melayu
epinefrin
eh-pee-nef-rin
MYမြန်မာ
အဒရီနယ်လင်း
a-dre-na-lin
NLNederlands
adrenaline
ad-re-na-liyn
NONorsk
adrenalin
ad-re-na-lin
PAPA
ਐਪੀਨિਫ્રੀਨ
ay-pee-neh-frin
PLPolski
adrenalin
ad-re-na-lin
PTPortuguês
epinefrina
eh-pee-nef-ree-nah
RORomână
adrenalină
ad-re-na-li-nah
RUРусский
адреналин
adrenalyn
SVSvenska
adrenalin
ad-re-na-lin
SWKiswahili
epinephrine
eh-pee-nef-rin
TAதமிழ்
எபினெப்ரினின்
e-pi-neh-fri-nin
TEతెలుగు
ఎపినెఫ్రిన్
e-pi-neh-frin
THไทย
อะดีเรนาลีน
a-dee-re-na-leen
TLTL
epinefrin
eh-pee-nef-rin
TRTürkçe
adrenalin
ad-re-na-lin
UKУкраїнська
адреналін
adrenalyn
URاردو
ادری نالین
ad-re-na-lin
VITiếng Việt
adrenalin
a-dren-a-lin
YOYO
epinephrine
eh-pee-nef-rin
ZH中文
肾上腺素
shèn shàng xiàn sù
ZUZU
epinephrine
eh-pee-nef-rin