All 4 Uses
adrenaline
in
The Impossible Knife of Memory
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- Plus adrenaline.†
p. 7.1adrenaline = “fight or flight” stimulating hormone
- My adrenaline turned up a notch.†
p. 31.1 *
- Adrenaline shot into my heart.†
p. 227.7
- My adrenaline screamed, rocketing me into hyperawareness, senses cranked to the max.†
p. 269.1
Definitions:
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(1)
(adrenaline) “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.
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)