adreno-
(æˈdriːnəʊ, æˈdrɛnəʊ)
comb. form of adrenal a. and n., and adrenaline, as in aˈdrenochrome [G. adrenochrom (Chem. Zentralbl. (1909) II. 1584)], a red oxidation product of adrenalin; aˌdreno-ˈcortical a., of or pertaining to the adrenal cortex or the hormone which it secretes; aˌdrenoˈgenital a., of or pertaining to the adrenal glands and the genitals; aˌdrenoˈlytic a., inhibiting the effect of adrenalin or the action of adrenergic nerves; also n.; aˌdrenoˈtrop(h)ic a., = adrenocorticotrophic a.
| 1913 Dorland Med. Dict. (ed. 7) 39/2 *Adrenochrome, a sulphur compound of the suprarenal gland for the internal treatment of skin diseases. 1962 Lancet 27 Jan. 201/1 Practically none, or none at all, of the infused adrenaline could have been metabolised via adrenochrome or its products in either schizophrenic or normal subjects. |
| 1936 H. D. Rolleston Endocrine Organs in Health & Disease iii. 64 Corticotropic..or *Adreno-cortical Stimulating Hormone. 1941 Lancet 8 Mar. 313/2 A case of adreno-cortical syndrome. 1949 Vitamins & Hormones VII. 294 Both the sex hormones and the adrenocortical hormones are involved in the regulation of protein, carbohydrate, and electrolyte metabolism. |
| 1931 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 2 May 746/1 The accentuation of the male secondary sexual characters..may be most aptly described under the heading of ‘Virilism’, rather than..as the ‘*Adreno-genital syndrome’. |
| 1947 Proc. Soc. Exp. Biol. & Med. LXVI. 152/2 Dibenamine..is primarily a powerful *adrenolytic, but a weak sympathicolytic agent. 1948 Ibid. LXVII. 298 Several sympathicolytic substances have mainly adrenolytic properties. |
| 1932 Lancet 12 Aug. 347/1 (title) The *adrenotropic hormone of the anterior pituitary lobe. 1938 Encycl. Brit. Bk. of Yr. 227/2 The adrenotrophic, thyrotrophic, and gonadotrophic hormones. |
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aˈdrenoceptor n. Physiol., an adrenergic receptor.
| 1970 Brit. Jrnl. Pharmacol. XXXVIII. 13 The effects of the beta *adrenoceptor blocking agents on the spontaneous spike potentials..were studied. 1989 Adverse Drug Reactions & Acute Poisoning Rev. VIII. 92 Serious effects on the respiratory, cardiovascular, and central nervous systems have been attributed to the wide use of timolol maleate, a non-selective β-adrenoceptor blocking agent, in eye drops for glaucoma. |
adrenoˈdoxin n. Biochem., a ferredoxin found in mitochondria of the adrenal cortex.
| 1965 Kimura & Suzuki in Biochem. & Biophysical Res. Communications XX. 373 We would propose to give the trivial name ‘*adrenodoxin’, for the non-heme iron protein isolated from adrenal mitochondria. 1988 Arch. Biochem. & Biophysics CCLXIV. 376 Adrenodoxin..participates in cholesterol side chain cleavage and in steroid 11β- and 18-hydroxylation. |