adrenal

English

Etymology

From ad- (“near”) +‎ renal (“pertaining to the kidneys”), from Latin rēn (“kidney”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /æˈdɹiːnəl/

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  Rhymes: -iːnəl

Adjective

adrenal (comparative more adrenal, superlative most adrenal)

2. Pertaining to the adrenal glands (suprarenal glands), their secretions, or the function derived therefrom.

   Synonym: suprarenal

   • 2003, William Gibson, Pattern Recognition (Bigend cycle; book 1), New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, →ISBN, page 155:

     She seems to inhabit some fluid, crystalline medium. Pure adrenal dream.

4. Abutting or near the kidneys.

   Antonym: intrarenal

   Hypernym: extrarenal

   Hyponyms: suprarenal, infrarenal

   Near-synonym: perirenal

5. (informal) Full of excitement or adrenaline.
   • 2025 March 1, Barney Ronay, “Crystal Palace through after Millwall keeper’s red for head-high tackle on Mateta”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     [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.

Derived terms

• adrenal artery
• adrenal cortex
• adrenalectomy
• adrenal gland
• adrenalin
• adrenaline
• adrenalism
• adrenalitis
• adrenally
• extraadrenal
• hyperadrenalism
• hypoadrenal
• hypoadrenalism
• hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal
• hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis
• intraadrenal
• nonadrenal
• periadrenal
• sympathoadrenal

Related terms

• postrenal
• prerenal

Translations

pertaining to adrenal glands

• Finnish: lisämunuais- (fi), lisämunuaisen (fi)
• French: adrénal
• Irish: aidréineach
• Italian: adrenale
• Persian: فوق کلیوی (fôq-e koliyavi)
• Polish: nadnerczowy (pl)
• Portuguese: adrenal (pt)
• Spanish: adrenal (es)
• Tagalog: takipbato

Noun

adrenal (plural adrenals)

1. An adrenal gland.

Translations

noun sense — see adrenal gland

Anagrams

• Darlena, Ålander, Alander

Indonesian

Etymology

Internationalism.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /adˈrenal/ [at̪̚ˈre.nal]
• Rhymes: -enal
• Syllabification: ad‧re‧nal

Noun

adrenal (plural adrenal-adrenal)

1. adrenal gland

Related terms

• adrenalina
• adrenergik
• adrenokortikal

Further reading

• “adrenal”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• ad-renal

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.dɾeˈnaw/ [a.dɾeˈnaʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.dɾɨˈnal/ [ɐ.ðɾɨˈnaɫ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.dɾɨˈnal/ [ɐ.ðɾɨˈnaɫ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.dɾɨˈna.li/ [ɐ.ðɾɨˈna.li]

Adjective

adrenal m or f (plural adrenais)

1. adrenal (near the kidney)
2. adrenal (pertaining to adrenal glands)

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin ad- + renal.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /adɾeˈnal/ [a.ð̞ɾeˈnal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: a‧dre‧nal

Adjective

adrenal m or f (masculine and feminine plural adrenales)

1. adrenal

Derived terms

• glándula adrenal (“adrenal gland”)

Related terms

• adrenalina

Further reading

• “adrenal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish adrenal.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔadɾeˈnal/ [ʔɐ.d̪ɾɛˈn̪al]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: a‧dre‧nal

Adjective

adrenál (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜇ᜔ᜇᜒᜈᜎ᜔)

1. adrenal

Related terms

• adrenalina
• rinyon

Further reading

• Cuadrado Muñiz, Adolfo (1972), Hispanismos en el tagalo: diccionario de vocablos de origen español vigentes en esta lengua filipina, Madrid: Oficina de Educación Iberoamericana, page 13

Welsh

Etymology

Internationalism. Borrowed from English adrenal.

Adjective

adrenal (feminine singular adrenal, plural adrenal, not comparable)

1. adrenal

   Synonym: uwcharennol

Derived terms

• cortecs adrenal (“adrenal cortex”)
• chwarren adrenal (“adrenal gland”)

Further reading

• D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “adrenal”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh–English Dictionary, Gwerin
• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “adrenal”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies