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語源

Originally a trademark; a marketing coinage, presumably a blend of epinephrine +‎ pen.

発音

固有名詞

EpiPen

1. 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.

派生語

• epipen (genericized noun)

名詞

EpiPen (plural EpiPens)

1. Alternative letter-case form of epipen (genericized term)
   • 2025 February 11, Julia Banim, “Parents' tragic final moments with daughter who suffered catastrophic reaction to Pret sandwich”, in Daily Mirror‎:

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

   • 2025 December 20, Laura Battle, “Lunch with the FT: Maggie Aderin-Pocock”, in FT Weekend (Life & Arts section), London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 3:

     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.

上位語

• autoinjector

Further reading

• epinephrine autoinjector on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

アナグラム

• peepin'