adrenal gland

English

Noun

adrenal gland (plural adrenal glands)

1. (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.

   Synonym: suprarenal gland

Translations

endocrine gland situated above the kidney

• Armenian: մակերիկամ (hy) (makerikam)
• Catalan: glàndula suprarenal f, glàndula adrenal f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 副腎／副肾 (zh) (fùshèn), 腎上腺／肾上腺 (zh) (shènshàngxiàn)

• Czech: nadledvinky n pl
• Danish: binyre c
• Dutch: bijnier (nl) f
• Finnish: lisämunuainen (fi)
• French: glande surrénale (fr) f
• German: Nebenniere (de) f
• Hebrew: בלוטת יותרת הכליה (he) f (balutát yotéret ha-kilyá), בלוטת האדרנל f (balutát ha-adrenál)
• Hungarian: mellékvese (hu)
• Irish: faireog aidréineach f
• Japanese: 副腎 (ja) (ふくじん, fukujin)
• Kazakh: бүйрекүсті безі (büireküstı bezı)
• Korean: 부신(副腎) (busin)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: rijênê adrenal m

• Macedonian: надбубрежна жлезда f (nadbubrežna žlezda)
• Maori: repe kōihi
• Marathi: अधिवृक्क ग्रंथी f (adhivŕkka granthī)
• Persian: غده فوق کلیه (ğodde-ye foq-e koliye)
• Polish: nadnercze (pl) n
• Portuguese: glândula adrenal f, glândula suprarrenal f, suprarrenal (pt) f
• Romanian: glandă suprarenală (ro) f
• Russian: надпо́чечник (ru) m (nadpóčečnik)
• Spanish: glándula adrenal f, glándula suprarrenal (es) f
• Swedish: binjure (sv) c, adrenal körtel c (only ever used within the medical profession, never to patients)
• Tagalog: katasang-takipbato
• Thai: ต่อมหมวกไต (dtɔ̀m-mùuak-dtai)
• Turkish: böbreküstü bezi
• Vietnamese: tuyến thượng thận
• Welsh: chwarren adrenal f