Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun catecholamine
1 sense of catecholamine
Sense 1
catecholamine -- (any of a group of chemicals including epinephrine and norepinephrine that are produced in the medulla of the adrenal gland)
=> hormone, endocrine, internal secretion -- (the secretion of an endocrine gland that is transmitted by the blood to the tissue on which it has a specific effect)