All 4 Uses of
adrenaline
in
The Memory Keeper’s Daughter
- Quickly, oblivious to the ice, a stilled stream down the middle of the steps, Leo ran up to her, legs pumping, fueled by some ancient adrenaline and need.†
p. 101.1adrenaline = “fight or flight” stimulating hormone
- He felt a rush of adrenaline and fear.†
p. 119.1
- His scent filled the room, that sweetish cologne, and beneath it was a smell she remembered, something medicinal and tinged with adrenaline.†
p. 245.7
- Caroline paused, the wild adrenaline rush of her meeting with David Henry suddenly gone, dissipating into the spring night like mist.†
p. 252.5 *adrenaline rush = the intense feeling that comes from an increase in the "fight or flight" hormone
Definition:
“fight or flight” stimulating hormone secreted by the adrenal gland in response to stress (making the body feel excited and ready for action)
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.