different between adrenaline vs epipen

English

Alternative forms

• adrenalin

Etymology

From adrenal +? -ine.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??d??n?l?n/

Noun

adrenaline (usually uncountable, plural adrenalines)

1. (biochemistry) epinephrine, the hormone and neurotransmitter.

Derived terms

Translations

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English adrenaline.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?.dre?.na??li.n?/, /a?.dre?.na??li.n?/
• Hyphenation: adre?na?li?ne
• Rhymes: -in?

Noun

adrenaline f (uncountable)

1. adrenaline [from 1902]
   • 1902 June 28, "Adrenaline.", Algemeen Handelsblad, fol. 2, Vol. 75, No. 23391, page 6 (page 2 of fol. 2).

Italian

Noun

adrenaline f pl

1. plural of adrenalina

English

Alternative forms

• epi-pen, epi pen, EpiPen, Epi-Pen, Epi Pen

Etymology

Genericization of the trademark EpiPen, presumably a blend of epinephrine +? pen, from being a pen-sized device used to inject epinephrine.

Noun

epipen (plural epipens)

1. (medicine) An epinephrine/adrenaline autoinjector. A lifesaving device designed to ease the symptoms of anaphylaxis/anaphylactic shock, so as to save the life of the victim of the extreme allergic reaction, by injecting a dose of adrenaline/epinephrine through a spring-loaded needle that punches into the tissue it is triggered against.

Synonyms

• adrenaline autoinjector
• epinephrine autoinjector

Hypernyms

• autoinjector

Hyponyms

• EpiPen (brand-name epinephrine autoinjector)

Further reading

• epinephrine autoinjector on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• epinephrine autoinjector on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Anagrams

• peepin'