Meanings
plural noradrenalines · alternative noradrenalin
- UKcountableuncountablebiochemistrySynonym of norepinephrine.
1 more example
Ranicide in rats was found to be reduced by injection of noradrenaline into the hypothalamus, as was muricide behaviour (Bandler, 1970).[…]Other sites in the unspecified ‘ventral midbrain’ were also found (Bandler, 1971) at which noradrenaline administration in crystalline form served to facilitate predatory aggression (ranicide and muricide).
1984, Stephen T. Mason, “Catecholamines and vegetative behaviour”, in Catecholamines and Behaviour, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, section “Aggression”, page 333Synonyms: norepinephrine
Synonyms & antonyms
nounSynonym of norepinephrine.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna catecholamine precursor of epinephrine that is secreted by the adrenal medulla and also released at synapses
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*ǵneh₃-
- Proto-Indo-European*ǵn̥h₃sḱéti
- Proto-Hellenic*gignṓskō
- Ancient Greekγιγνώσκω (gignṓskō)
- Ancient Greekγνώμων (gnṓmōn)
- Latinnorma
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Latinnōrmālis
- Englishnormal
- Englishnor-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd
- Proto-Italic*ad
- Proto-Italic*ad-
- Latinad-
- Englishad-
- Latinrēn
- Late Latinrēnāli
- Englishrenal
- Englishadrenal
- Englishadrenaline
- Englishnoradrenaline
From nor- + adrenaline.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan noradrenalina
- noradrenalinathe compound norepinephrine — see also norepinephrine
Czech noradrenalin
- noradrenalinthe compound norepinephrine — see also norepinephrine
Esperanto noradrenalino
- noradrenalinothe compound norepinephrine — see also norepinephrine
Finnish noradrenaliini
- noradrenaliinithe compound norepinephrine — see also norepinephrine
German Noradrenaline
- Noradrenalinethe compound norepinephrine — see also norepinephrine
Hungarian noradrenalin
- noradrenalinthe compound norepinephrine — see also norepinephrine
Japanese ノルアドレナリン
- ノルアドレナリン (noruadorenarin)the compound norepinephrine — see also norepinephrine
Russian норадренали́н
- норадренали́н (noradrenalín)the compound norepinephrine — see also norepinephrine
Spanish noradrenalina
- noradrenalinathe compound norepinephrine — see also norepinephrine
Swedish noradrenalin
- noradrenalinthe compound norepinephrine — see also norepinephrine
Cite this entry
noradrenaline. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/noradrenaline
“noradrenaline.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/noradrenaline. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “noradrenaline,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/noradrenaline.
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