Both Uses of
adrenaline
in
A Streetcar Named Desire
- Something disturbs me … adrenalin's pumped in my blood and I get short-winded, that's all, that's all there is to it.
Scene 1.1 *Adrenalin = a trademark name for the chemical that is the “fight or flight” stimulating hormone secreted by the adrenal gland in response to stress
- … I woke up, I didn't know where I was or who I was with, I got panicky … adrenalin was released and I got short-winded.
Scene 1.1
Definition:
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(adrenaline) “fight or flight” stimulating hormone secreted by the adrenal gland in response to stress (making the body feel excited and ready for action)editor's notes: Doctors are more likely to use the term epinephrine (possibly shortened to epi or EP). Adrenalin as a proper noun without the ending "e" is a trademark name for the same chemical.