Adrenal
1. Near or upon the kidney; denoting the suprarenal (adrenal) gland.
2. A suprarenal gland or separate tissue or product thereof. See Also: suprarenal.
Origin
[L. ad, to, + ren, kidney]
Accessory adrenal
Marchand's adrenals
Suprarenal gland
a flattened, roughly triangular body resting upon the upper end of each kidney; it is one of the ductless glands furnishing internal secretions (epinephrine and norepinephrine from the medulla and steroid hormones from the cortex). Syn: glandula suprarenalis [NA], adrenal body, adrenal capsule, adrenal gland, atrabiliary capsule, epinephros, glandula atrabiliaris, paranephros, suprarenal body, suprarenal capsule.
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