adrenal
/æˈdɹiːnəl/
adrenal adjective: pertaining to the adrenal glands (suprarenal glands), their secretions, or the function derived therefrom.
Adjective
adrenal (comparative more adrenal, superlative most adrenal)
- Pertaining to the adrenal glands (suprarenal glands), their secretions, or the function derived therefrom.
- She seems to inhabit some fluid, crystalline medium. Pure adrenal dream.2003, William Gibson, Pattern Recognition (Bigend cycle; book 1), New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, →ISBN, page 155
- Synonyms:
- suprarenal
- Abutting or near the kidneys.
- Near-synonym: perirenal
- Synonyms:
- perirenal
- Antonyms:
- intrarenal
- Full of excitement or adrenaline.
- [a single outstanding act of violence][…]took place inside the stadium, and in front of the watching millions, as Liam Roberts launched an adrenal, wildly dangerous flying challenge into the head of Jean-Philippe Mateta with five minutes gone.2025 January 3, Barney Ronay, “Crystal Palace through after Millwall keeper’s red for head-high tackle on Mateta”, in The Guardian
Noun
adrenal (plural adrenals)
- An adrenal gland.
adrenal meaning in Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada and Tagalog
adrenal in Tamil
- அண்ணீரகம், அண்ஹிரக, அதிரனல், சிறுநீரகச்சுரப்பி, குண்டிக்காய் அடுத்த சுரப்பி, குண்டிக்காய் அடுத்த
adrenal in Malayalam
- വൃക്കസംബന്ധിയായ
adrenal in Kannada
- ಕೆರಳುಸುರಿಕ
adrenal in Tagalog
- pertaining to adrenal glands
- takipbato
More languagesFewer languages
- adrenal in Persian
- فوق کلیوی fôq-e koliyavi
Synonyms of adrenal
Antonyms
Forms of adrenal
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more adrenal |
| superlative | most adrenal |
| Noun | |
| plural | adrenals |
Origin of adrenal
From ad- (“near”) + renal (“pertaining to the kidneys”), from Latin rēn (“kidney”).
Words formed from adrenal
- adrenal artery
- adrenal cortex
- adrenalectomy
- adrenal gland
- adrenalin
- adrenaline
- adrenalism
- adrenalitis
- adrenally
- chronic adrenal insufficiency
- extraadrenal
- hyperadrenalism
- hypoadrenal
- hypoadrenalism
- hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal
- hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis
- intraadrenal
- nonadrenal
- periadrenal
- primary adrenal insufficiency
- sympathoadrenal
Phrases with adrenal
Words that rhyme with adrenal
Questions about adrenal
- What does adrenal mean?
- Adrenal means pertaining to the adrenal glands (suprarenal glands), their secretions, or the function derived therefrom.
- What is adrenal in Tamil?
- Adrenal in Tamil is அண்ணீரகம், அண்ஹிரக, அதிரனல். See Adrenal meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is adrenal?
- Adrenal can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce adrenal?
- Adrenal is pronounced /æˈdɹiːnəl/ (UK).
Words near adrenal in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: adrenal (page history and authors); adrenal (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); adrenal (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); adrenal (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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