Meanings
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 155Synonyms: suprarenal
- informalFull 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
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivePertaining to the adrenal glands (suprarenal glands), their secretions, or the function derived therefrom.
More synonyms by meaning
nouneither of a pair of complex endocrine glands situated near the kidney
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd
- Proto-Italic*ad
- Proto-Italic*ad-
- Latinad-
- Englishad-
- Latinrēn
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Late Latinrēnāli
- Englishrenal
- Englishadrenal
From ad- (“near”) + renal (“pertaining to the kidneys”), from Latin rēn (“kidney”).
More words from Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Finnish lisämunuais-, lisämunuaisen
- lisämunuais-pertaining to adrenal glands
- lisämunuaisenpertaining to adrenal glands
French adrénal
- adrénalpertaining to adrenal glands
Irish aidréineach
- aidréineachpertaining to adrenal glands
Italian adrenale
- adrenalepertaining to adrenal glands
Persian فوق کلیوی
- فوق کلیوی (fôq-e koliyavi)pertaining to adrenal glands
Polish nadnerczowy
- nadnerczowypertaining to adrenal glands
Portuguese adrenal
- adrenalpertaining to adrenal glands
Spanish adrenal
- adrenalpertaining to adrenal glands
Tagalog takipbato
- takipbatopertaining to adrenal glands
Rhymes & wordplay
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Cite this entry
adrenal. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/adrenal
“adrenal.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/adrenal. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “adrenal,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/adrenal.
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