Meanings
nounadrenal gland (plural adrenal glands)
plural adrenal glands
- anatomyIn mammals, either of a pair of complex endocrine glands, situated above each kidney, secreting hormones which control the heart rate, blood pressure, and metabolism.
Synonyms: suprarenal gland
Synonyms & antonyms
nounIn mammals, either of a pair of complex endocrine glands, situated above each kidney, secreting hormones which control the heart rate, blood pressure, and metabolism.
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nouneither of a pair of complex endocrine glands situated near the kidney
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Translations
Arabic غُدَّة كَظَرِيَّة
- غُدَّة كَظَرِيَّةendocrine gland situated above the kidney
Catalan glàndula suprarenal, glàndula adrenal
- glàndula suprarenalendocrine gland situated above the kidney
- glàndula adrenalendocrine gland situated above the kidney
Chinese Mandarin 副腎 /副肾, 腎上腺 /肾上腺
- 副腎 /副肾 (fùshèn)endocrine gland situated above the kidney
- 腎上腺 /肾上腺 (shènshàngxiàn)endocrine gland situated above the kidney
Czech nadledvinky
- nadledvinkyendocrine gland situated above the kidney
Danish binyre
- binyreendocrine gland situated above the kidney
Dutch bijnier
- bijnierendocrine gland situated above the kidney
Finnish lisämunuainen
- lisämunuainenendocrine gland situated above the kidney
French glande surrénale
- glande surrénaleendocrine gland situated above the kidney
German Nebenniere
- Nebenniereendocrine gland situated above the kidney
Hebrew בלוטת יותרת הכליה, בלוטת האדרנל
- בלוטת יותרת הכליה (balutát yotéret ha-kilyá)endocrine gland situated above the kidney
- בלוטת האדרנל (balutát ha-adrenál)endocrine gland situated above the kidney
Hungarian mellékvese
- mellékveseendocrine gland situated above the kidney
Indonesian kelenjar adrenal
- kelenjar adrenalendocrine gland situated above the kidney
Irish faireog aidréineach
- faireog aidréineachendocrine gland situated above the kidney
Japanese 副腎
- 副腎 (fukujin)endocrine gland situated above the kidney
Korean 부신
- 부신 (busin)endocrine gland situated above the kidney
Māori repe kōihi
- repe kōihiendocrine gland situated above the kidney
Persian غده فوق کلیه
- غده فوق کلیه (ġodde-ye foq-e koliye)endocrine gland situated above the kidney
Polish nadnercze
- nadnerczeendocrine gland situated above the kidney
Portuguese glândula adrenal, glândula suprarrenal
- glândula adrenalendocrine gland situated above the kidney
- glândula suprarrenalendocrine gland situated above the kidney
- suprarrenalendocrine gland situated above the kidney
Romanian glandă suprarenală
- glandă suprarenalăendocrine gland situated above the kidney
Russian надпо́чечник
- надпо́чечник (nadpóčečnik)endocrine gland situated above the kidney
Slovak nadoblička
- nadobličkaendocrine gland situated above the kidney
Spanish glándula adrenal, glándula suprarrenal
- glándula adrenalendocrine gland situated above the kidney
- glándula suprarrenalendocrine gland situated above the kidney
Swedish binjure, adrenal körtel
- binjureendocrine gland situated above the kidney
- adrenal körtelendocrine gland situated above the kidney
Tagalog katasang-takipbato
- katasang-takipbatoendocrine gland situated above the kidney
Thai ต่อมหมวกไต
- ต่อมหมวกไต (dtɔ̀m-mùuak-dtai)endocrine gland situated above the kidney
Turkish böbreküstü bezi
- böbreküstü beziendocrine gland situated above the kidney
Ukrainian надниркова залоза
- надниркова залоза (nadnyrkova zaloza)endocrine gland situated above the kidney
Vietnamese tuyến thượng thận
- tuyến thượng thậnendocrine gland situated above the kidney
Welsh chwarren adrenal
- chwarren adrenalendocrine gland situated above the kidney
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APA
adrenal gland. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/adrenal%20gland
MLA
“adrenal gland.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/adrenal%20gland. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “adrenal gland,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/adrenal%20gland.
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