catecholamine

See also: catécholamine

English

Etymology

catechol +‎ -amine

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /katəˈkəʊləmiːn/, /katəˈkɒləmiːn/

Noun

catecholamine (plural catecholamines)

1. (biochemistry) Any of a class of aromatic amines derived from pyrocatechol that are hormones produced by the adrenal gland.
   • 1988, Lubert Stryer, Biochemistry, 3rd edition, p. 1025:

     Epinephrine and dopamine are two other catecholamine transmitters.

   • 2011, Steven Pinker, The Better Angels of Our Nature, Penguin 2012, p. 746:

     The catecholamines are used in several motivational and emotional systems of the brain, and their concentration is regulated by proteins that break them down or recycle them.

Hypernyms

• benzenediol

Hyponyms

• adrenalone
• arbutamine
• cysteinyldopa
• deoxyepinephrine
• dopamine
• dopexamine
• epinephrine

• hexoprenaline
• isoprenaline
• methyldopa
• nordefrin
• norepinephrine
• oxidopamine

See also Thesaurus:catecholamine

Derived terms

• catecholaminergic
• catecholaminic

Translations

any of a class of aromatic amines

• Esperanto: katekolamino
• Finnish: katekoliamiini
• French: catécholamine (fr) f
• German: Katecholamine, Catecholamine
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• Italian: catecolamina (it)
• Spanish: catecolamina f
• Swedish: katekolamin (sv)