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Definition of Adrenal gland
1. Noun. Either of a pair of complex endocrine glands situated near the kidney.
Generic synonyms: Ductless Gland, Endocrine, Endocrine Gland
Group relationships: Kidney
Terms within: Adrenal Cortex, Adrenal Medulla
Derivative terms: Adrenal
Definition of Adrenal gland
1. Noun. (anatomy) In mammals, either of a pair of complex endocrine glands, situated above each kidney, secreting hormones which control the heart rate, blood pressure, and metabolism. ¹
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Medical Definition of Adrenal gland
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Adrenal Gland
Literary usage of Adrenal gland
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1908)
"REPORT OF A CASE OF SIMULTANEOUS SARCOMA OF THE adrenal gland AND OF THE CRANIUM,
... TUMORS of the adrenal gland in childhood are not only very rare, ..."
2. The Journal of Experimental Medicine by Rockefeller University, Rockefeller Institute, Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research (1908)
"THE RELATION OF LESIONS OF THE adrenal gland TO CHRONIC NEPHRITIS AND TO
ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; AN ANATOMICAL STUDY.1 BY RICHARD M. PEARCE, MD (From the Bender ..."
3. A Text-book of physiology: For Medical Students and Physicians by William Henry Howell (1915)
"The Secretory Nerves of the adrenal gland.—The adrenal glands receive a ...
Examination of the venous blood flowing from the adrenal gland discloses the ..."
4. Physiology and Biochemistry in Modern Medicine by John James Rickard Macleod (1922)
"The surgical removal of the adrenal gland is certainly not warranted under any
circumstances. The Association of the Adrenal with Other Endocrine Organs We ..."
5. Bodily Changes in Pain, Hunger, Fear and Rage: An Account of Recent by Walter Bradford Cannon (1920)
"... MUSCLE AFTER SPLANCHNIC STIMULATION OF THE adrenal gland 9 In the older
literature on the adrenal glands the deleterious effect of their absence, ..."
6. The Anatomy of the Domestic Fowl by Benjamin Franklyn Kaupp (1918)
"The adrenal gland, often called the supra-renal capsule, ... The adrenal gland
consists of a cortical and a medullary portion, although these two parts are ..."