metanephrine

English

Etymology

Blend of meta- +‎ epinephrine

Noun

metanephrine (countable and uncountable, plural metanephrines)

  1. (biochemistry) A metabolite of epinephrine (adrenaline) created by the action of catechol-O-methyl transferase on epinephrine.

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