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catecholamine
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun catecholamine has 1 sense
- catecholamine(n = noun.substance) - any of a group of chemicals including epinephrine and norepinephrine that are produced in the medulla of the adrenal gland; is a kind of endocrine, hormone, internal secretion
has particulars: noradrenaline, norepinephrine, adrenalin, adrenaline, epinephrin, epinephrine
CIDE DICTIONARY
catecholamine, n. [catechol + amine.].
any of a group of chemicals including epinephrine and norepinephrine that are produced in the medulla of the adrenal gland. They function as nerotransmitters in the sympathetic nervous system. Also, any structurally related chemical substance, whether natural or synthetic. [WordNet 1.5]
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