adrenal
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From ad- (“near”) + renal (“pertaining to the kidneys”), from Latin rēn (“kidney”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
adrenal (comparative more adrenal, superlative most adrenal)
- Pertaining to the adrenal glands or their secretions.
- 2003, William Gibson, Pattern Recognition (Bigend cycle; book 1), New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, →ISBN, page 155:
- She seems to inhabit some fluid, crystalline medium. Pure adrenal dream.
- Near the kidneys.
Synonyms[edit]
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Translations[edit]
pertaining to adrenal glands
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Noun[edit]
adrenal (plural adrenals)
- An adrenal gland.
Translations[edit]
noun sense — see adrenal gland
Anagrams[edit]
Indonesian[edit]
Noun[edit]
adrenal (first-person possessive adrenalku, second-person possessive adrenalmu, third-person possessive adrenalnya)
- kidney gland
Portuguese[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
adrenal m or f (plural adrenais)
Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
adrenal m or f (masculine and feminine plural adrenales)
Derived terms[edit]
- glándula adrenal (“adrenal gland”)
Related terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “adrenal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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