adrenal

English

Etymology

From ad- (“near”) +‎ renal (“pertaining to the kidneys”), from Latin rēn (“kidney”).

Pronunciation

• RP: IPA^(key): /æˈdɹiːnəl/

  Rhymes: -iːnəl

Adjective

adrenal (comparative more adrenal, superlative most adrenal)

1. 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.

2. Near the kidneys.

Synonyms

• suprarenal

Derived terms

• adrenal artery
• adrenal cortex
• adrenalectomy
• adrenal gland
• adrenalin
• adrenaline
• adrenalism
• adrenalitis
• adrenally
• extraadrenal
• hyperadrenalism
• hypoadrenal
• hypoadrenalism
• intraadrenal
• nonadrenal
• periadrenal
• sympathoadrenal

 

Translations

pertaining to adrenal glands

• Finnish: lisämunuais- (fi), lisämunuaisen (fi)
• French: adrénal
• Irish: aidréineach
• Italian: adrenale
• Persian: فوق کلیوی (fôq-e koliyavi)
• Polish: nadnerczowy (pl)
• Portuguese: adrenal (pt)
• Spanish: adrenal (es)
• Tagalog: takipbato

Noun

adrenal (plural adrenals)

1. An adrenal gland.

Translations

noun sense — see adrenal gland

Anagrams

• Alander

Indonesian

Noun

adrenal (first-person possessive adrenalku, second-person possessive adrenalmu, third-person possessive adrenalnya)

1. kidney gland

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• ad-renal

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.dɾeˈnaw/ [a.dɾeˈnaʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.dɾɨˈnal/ [ɐ.ðɾɨˈnaɫ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.dɾɨˈnal/ [ɐ.ðɾɨˈnaɫ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.dɾɨˈna.li/ [ɐ.ðɾɨˈna.li]

Adjective

adrenal m or f (plural adrenais)

1. adrenal (near the kidney)
2. adrenal (pertaining to adrenal glands)

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin ad- + renal.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /adɾeˈnal/ [a.ð̞ɾeˈnal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: a‧dre‧nal

Adjective

adrenal m or f (masculine and feminine plural adrenales)

1. adrenal

Derived terms

• glándula adrenal (“adrenal gland”)

 

Related terms

• adrenalina

 

Further reading

• “adrenal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014