epipen
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.31 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
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.
noun
Alternative letter-case form of epipen (genericized term)
noun
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.
Example Sentences
- "After boarding the British Airways flight, Natasha became unwell, and, realising that she'd suffered an allergic reaction, Nadim injected her with 2 EpiPens."
- "While we wait, she [Maggie Aderin-Pocock] reassures me that she always carries an EpiPen, and says she has recently become an ambassador for the Natasha Allergy Research Foundation, an allergy awareness charity named after teenager Natasha Ednan-Laperousse, who died from anaphylaxis in 2016."
Etymology
Subject
Wiktionary places this term in Medicine.
Inflected Forms
Derived Forms
Synonyms
adrenaline autoinjector
epinephrine autoinjector