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Definition of Suprarenal 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 Suprarenal gland
1. Noun. (anatomy) The adrenal gland, which is located just above the kidney in humans. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Suprarenal Gland
Literary usage of Suprarenal gland
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Monographic Medicine by William Robie Patten Emerson, Guido Guerrini, William Brown, Wendell Christopher Phillips, John Whitridge Williams, John Appleton Swett, Hans Günther, Mario Mariotti, Hugh Grant Rowell (1916)
"(c) Remarkable Sexual Syndromes Dependent Upon Hyperplasia, or Upon Tumors, of
the Cortex of the suprarenal gland We are indebted to the French school (see ..."
2. Cunningham's Manual of Practical Anatomy by Daniel John Cunningham, Arthur Robinson (1914)
"Anterior Surface of Right suprarenal gland. upper part of the impression for the
... The posterior surface of the right suprarenal gland is divided by a ..."
3. A Laboratory Manual and Text-book of Embryology by Charles William Prentiss (1915)
"D. CHROMAFFIN BODIES: suprarenal gland Certain cells of the sympathetic ganglia
do not form nerve cells but are transformed into peculiar gland cells which ..."
4. A Laboratory manual and text-book of embryology by Charles William Prentiss (1917)
"D. CHROMAFFIN BODIES: suprarenal gland Certain cells of the sympathetic ganglia
do not form nerve cells, but are transformed into peculiar gland cells which ..."
5. Surgery, Its Principles and Practice by William Williams Keen (1908)
"SURGERY OF THE KIDNEY, THE URETER, AND THE suprarenal gland. BY JOSEPH RANSOHOFF, -MD,
FRCS ENG., CINCINNATI, OHIO. TOPOGRAPHIC ANATOMY. ..."
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