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EpiPen

name

Etymology

Genericization of the trademark EpiPen, presumably a blend of epinephrine + pen, from being a pen-sized device used to inject epinephrine.

  1. derived from *péth₂r̥✻ — “feather, wing”
  2. derived from penna — “feather”
  3. derived from penne
  4. derived from penne
  5. inherited from penne
  6. compounded as epipen — “epinephrine + pen”

Definitions

  1. A brandname for an epinephrine autoinjector

    A brandname for an epinephrine autoinjector: A device for the autoinjection of adrenaline; used by people who suffer from severe allergies and risk anaphylactic shock.

  2. Alternative letter-case form of epipen (genericized term)

    • After boarding the British Airways flight, Natasha became unwell, and, realising that she'd suffered an allergic reaction, Nadim injected her with 2 EpiPens.

  3. An epinephrine/adrenaline autoinjector. A device designed to ease the symptoms of…

    An epinephrine/adrenaline autoinjector. A device designed to ease the symptoms of anaphylaxis/anaphylactic shock, so as to save the life of the victim of the extreme allergic reaction, by injecting a dose of adrenaline/epinephrine through a spring-loaded needle that punches into the tissue it is triggered against.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for EpiPen. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA