"adrenal" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more adrenal [comparative], most adrenal [superlative]
Rhymes: -iːnəl Etymology: From ad- (“near”) + renal (“pertaining to the kidneys”), from Latin rēn (“kidney”). Etymology templates: {{af|en|ad-|renal|t1=near|t2=pertaining to the kidneys}} ad- (“near”) + renal (“pertaining to the kidneys”), {{der|en|la|rēn|t=kidney}} Latin rēn (“kidney”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} adrenal (comparative more adrenal, superlative most adrenal)
  1. Pertaining to the adrenal glands or their secretions. Translations (pertaining to adrenal glands): lisämunuais- (Finnish), lisämunuaisen (Finnish), adrénal (French), aidréineach (Irish), adrenale (Italian), فوق کلیوی (fôq-e koliyavi) (Persian), nadnerczowy (Polish), adrenal (Portuguese), adrenal (Spanish), takipbato (Tagalog)
    Sense id: en-adrenal-en-adj-Q9C0W9oN Disambiguation of 'pertaining to adrenal glands': 84 16
  2. Near the kidneys.
    Sense id: en-adrenal-en-adj-OhXh8vRy
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: suprarenal

Noun

Forms: adrenals [plural]
Rhymes: -iːnəl Etymology: From ad- (“near”) + renal (“pertaining to the kidneys”), from Latin rēn (“kidney”). Etymology templates: {{af|en|ad-|renal|t1=near|t2=pertaining to the kidneys}} ad- (“near”) + renal (“pertaining to the kidneys”), {{der|en|la|rēn|t=kidney}} Latin rēn (“kidney”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} adrenal (plural adrenals)
  1. An adrenal gland.
    Sense id: en-adrenal-en-noun-umgxEbo3 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with ad- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 22 52 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with ad-: 18 29 53

Inflected forms

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