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EpiPen
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English
thumb|a Mylan brand-name EpiPen
Alternative forms
en Epi Pen Epi-Pen
genericized term en epipen epi-pen epi pen
Etymology
Originally a trademark; a marketing coinage, presumably a en epinephrine pen 1.
Pronunciation
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-EpiPen.wav US
Proper noun
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.
Derived terms
en epipen genericized noun
Noun
en epipen genericized term
en Parents' tragic final moments with daughter who suffered catastrophic reaction to Pret sandwich Julia Banim 11 Feb 2025 https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/parents-tragic-final-moments-daughter-34656215 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. https://web.archive.org/web/20251215113833/https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/parents-tragic-final-moments-daughter-34656215 15 December 2025
weekend Laura Battle 2025-12-20 Lunch with the FT: Maggie Aderin-Pocock Life & Arts 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.
Hypernyms
en autoinjector
Further reading
epinephrine autoinjector
Anagrams
en eeinpp peepin'
en genericized trademarks
en Medicine