All 4 Uses
adrenaline
in
No Easy Day
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- Walking to the bar, the near-failure scared some adrenaline into me and I was able to pass the pull-ups without issue.†
p. 21.6 *adrenaline = “fight or flight” stimulating hormone
- I could feel the adrenaline start to flood my body.†
p. 130.5
- We were high on the adrenaline of what we had just managed to pull off.†
p. 136.3
- The adrenaline was gone as we dragged ourselves on board.†
p. 278.2
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)