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catecholamine definition

cat·echol·amine (kat′ə c̸hōl′ə mēn′, -min; -kōl′-)

noun

any of various compounds, as norepinephrine and dopamine, that are secretions, or byproducts of secretions, of the medulla of the adrenal gland and that affect the sympathetic nervous system

Etymology: catechol + amine

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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