Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun noradrenaline

1 sense of noradrenaline

Sense 1
noradrenaline, norepinephrine -- (a catecholamine precursor of epinephrine that is secreted by the adrenal medulla and also released at synapses)
       => catecholamine -- (any of a group of chemicals including epinephrine and norepinephrine that are produced in the medulla of the adrenal gland)
       => monoamine neurotransmitter -- (a monoamine that is functionally important in neural transmission)
       => vasoconstrictor, vasoconstrictive, pressor -- (any agent that causes a narrowing of an opening of a blood vessel: cold or stress or nicotine or epinephrine or norepinephrine or angiotensin or vasopressin or certain drugs; maintains or increases blood pressure)