Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Activated by or capable of releasing epinephrine or an epinephrinelike substance, especially in the sympathetic nervous system.
  • adjective Having physiological effects similar to those of epinephrine.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective producing or activated by epinephrine or adrenaline.

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  • adjective Having the quality of adrenaline or epinephrine.
  • adjective Containing or releasing adrenaline.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective relating to epinephrine (its release or action)
  • noun drug that has the effects of epinephrine

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[adren(aline) + –ergic.]

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From adrenaline +‎ -ergic.

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