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metanephrine

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metanephrine /meta·neph·rine/ (-nef´rin) a metabolite of epinephrine excreted in urine and found in certain tissues.
met·a·neph·rine (mt-nfrn, -rn)
n.
A catabolite of epinephrine excreted in the urine and found in some tissues.

metanephrine
[met′ənef′rin]
one of the two principal urinary metabolites of epinephrine and norepinephrine in the urine, the other being vanillylmandelic acid. The 24-hour normal adult value for total metanephrine is 1.3 mg; normally less than 1.3 mg is excreted in 24 hours.

metanephrine
(met´nef´rin),
n one of the two principal urinary metabolites of epinephrine and norepinephrine in the urine, the other being vanillylmandelic acid.

metanephrine
a urinary metabolite of epinephrine.

metanephrine
Methoxyepinephrine Lab medicine Any exogenous or endogenous catecholamine metabolite excreted in the urine; metnephrines ↑ in neuroblastoma, pheochomocytoma, metastases, stress, sepsis


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