adrenal
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.
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pertaining to adrenal glands
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Noun edit
adrenal (plural adrenals)
- An adrenal gland.
Translations edit
noun sense — see adrenal gland
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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”)
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Further reading edit
- “adrenal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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