• Catecholamine

    Pronunciation

    • UK IPA: /katəˈkəʊlÉ™miːn/, /katəˈkÉ’lÉ™miːn/

    Origin

    From catechol + amine.

    Full definition of catecholamine

    Noun

    catecholamine

    (plural catecholamines)
    1. (biochemistry) Any of a class of aromatic amines derived from pyrocatechol that are hormones produced by the adrenal gland.
      • 1988, Lubert Stryer, Biochemistry, 3rd edition, p. 1025:Epinephrine and dopamine are two other catecholamine transmitters.
      • 2011, Steven Pinker, The Better Angels of Our Nature, Penguin 2012, p. 746:The catecholamines are used in several motivational and emotional systems of the brain, and their concentration is regulated by proteins that break them down or recycle them.

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