phenylethanolamine

noun

A biogenic amine related structurally to the major neurotransmitter norepinephrine and the biogenic amine octopamine.

Scrabble 31

Meanings

nounphenylethanolamine (countable and uncountable, plural phenylethanolamines)

plural phenylethanolamines

  1. countableuncountableA biogenic amine related structurally to the major neurotransmitter norepinephrine and the biogenic amine octopamine.
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