hexoprenaline

H4E1X8O1P3R1E1N1A1L1I1N1E1

noun

A drug used in the treatment of asthma.

OriginEnglish isoprenaline ← Late Latin rēnāli ← Latin rēn →
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Meanings

nounhexoprenaline (uncountable)
  1. uncountablemedicineA drug used in the treatment of asthma.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*swéḱs
  2. Proto-Hellenic*hwéks
  3. Ancient Greekἕξ (héx)
  4. Ancient Greekἑξα- (hexa-)
  5. Latinhexa-
  6. Englishhexa-
  7. Englishhex-
  8. Englishhexane
  9. Proto-Indo-European*swel-der.?
  10. Ancient Greekῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)
  11. Englishhexyl
  12. Ancient Greekῐ̓́σος (ĭ́sos)
  13. Englishiso-
  14. Frenchpropionique
  15. Ancient Greekῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)
  16. Frenchpropyl-
  17. Englishpropyl
  18. Englishisopropyl
  19. Proto-Indo-European*ǵneh₃-
  20. Proto-Indo-European*ǵn̥h₃sḱéti
  21. Proto-Hellenic*gignṓskō
  22. Ancient Greekγιγνώσκω (gignṓskō)
  23. Ancient Greekγνώμων (gnṓmōn)
  24. Latinnorma
  25. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  26. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  27. Latinnōrmālis
  28. Englishnormal
  29. Englishnor-
  30. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd
  31. Proto-Italic*ad
  32. Proto-Italic*ad-
  33. Latinad-
  34. Englishad-
  35. Latinrēn
  36. Late Latinrēnāli
  37. Englishrenal
  38. Englishadrenal
  39. Englishadrenaline
  40. Englishnoradrenaline
  41. Englishisoprenaline
  42. Englishhexoprenaline

From hex(yl) + -o- + -prenaline (“phenethylamine derivative”).

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hexoprenaline. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hexoprenaline

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“hexoprenaline.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hexoprenaline. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hexoprenaline,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hexoprenaline.

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