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adrenal glands

adrenal glands is the plural of adrenal gland.

Meaning of adrenal gland

Noun

adrenal gland (plural adrenal glands)

  1. In mammals, either of a pair of complex endocrine glands, situated above each kidney, secreting hormones which control the heart rate, blood pressure, and metabolism.

Questions about adrenal glands

What is adrenal glands the plural of?
Adrenal glands is the plural of adrenal gland.

Words near adrenal glands in the dictionary

  1. adrenal arteries
  2. adrenal artery
  3. adrenal cortex
  4. adrenal cortexes
  5. adrenal gland
  6. adrenal glands
  7. adrenalated
  8. adrenalectomies
  9. adrenalectomise
  10. adrenalectomised
  11. adrenalectomises

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