Epinephrine
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late 19th century: from epi- ‘above’ + Greek nephros ‘kidney’ + -ine4.
wiktionary
From Ancient Greek ἐπί(epí, “upon”) + νεφρός(nephrós, “kidney”) + English -ine.
etymonline
epinephrine (n.)
"adrenaline," 1883, from epi- "upon" + Greek nephros "kidney" (see nephron) + chemical suffix -ine (2). So called because the adrenal glands are on the kidneys.
