adrenotropic etymology

English word adrenotropic comes from English -tropic, English adreno- (Relating to the adrenal gland.)

Detailed word origin of adrenotropic

Dictionary entryLanguageDefinition
-tropic English (eng) (science) affecting or attracted to the thing specified. (science) turning or changing.
adreno- English (eng) Relating to the adrenal gland.
adrenotropic English (eng) That stimulates the adrenal glands or adrenal cortex.

Words with the same origin as adrenotropic

Descendants of -tropic
aeolotropic chronotropic ecotropic endosomotropic enterotropic gravitropic hepatotropic idiotropic immunotropic lactotropic lipotropic lyotropic mucosotropic musculotropically oculotropic orthotropic osteotropic plagiotropic renotropic reticulotropic thixotropic thyrotropic xenotropic æolotropic
Descendants of adreno-
adrenocholinergic adrenocortical adrenocorticotropic adrenogenital adrenolytic adrenomedullary adrenomegaly adrenomimetic adrenopathy adrenoreactive adrenoreceptor adrenotrophic