Etymology

catecholaminergic

Today it means: That is activated by, or that secretes catecholamines. Full definition →

English catecholamine ← Latin ammoniacus ← Ancient Greek Ᾰ̓́μμων (Ắmmōn)
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The story

  1. Englishcatechol
  2. Egyptianjmn
  3. Ancient GreekᾸ̓́μμων (Ắmmōn)
  4. LatinAmmōn
  5. Latinammoniacus
  6. Englishammonia
  7. Englishamine
  8. Englishcatecholamine
  9. English todaycatecholaminergic

From catecholamine + -ergic.

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