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Adrenal Gland

see synonyms of adrenal gland

Noun

1. adrenal, adrenal gland, suprarenal gland

either of a pair of complex endocrine glands situated near the kidney

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Adrenal Gland

see synonyms of adrenal gland
noun
an endocrine gland at the anterior end of each kidney. Its medulla secretes adrenaline and noradrenaline and its cortex secretes several steroid hormones
. Also called: suprarenal gland

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Adrenal Gland

see synonyms of adrenal gland
either of a pair of endocrine organs lying immediately above the kidney, consisting of an inner medulla which produces epinephrine and norepinephrine and an outer cortex which produces a variety of steroid hormones

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Adrenal Gland

see synonyms of adrenal gland
n.
Either of two small, dissimilarly shaped endocrine glands, one located above each kidney, consisting of the cortex, which secretes several steroid hormones, and the medulla, which secretes epinephrine.Also called suprarenal gland.

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