adrenal

1. 1.

   of or pertaining to the adrenal glands or their secretions
2. 2.

   near the kidneys

1. 1.

   either of a pair of complex endocrine glands situated near the kidney

   Synonymsadrenal glandsuprarenal gland

   Broaderendocrine gland

   Part ofkidney

   Partsadrenal cortexadrenal medulla

Other forms of adrenal

plural

adrenals·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about adrenal

What does adrenal mean?

adrenal means "of or pertaining to the adrenal glands or their secretions". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in adrenal?

adrenal has 3 syllables: a-dre-nal. The stress falls on "dre". In IPA it is /əˈdɹinəl/.

What is another word for adrenal?

Close synonyms include adrenal gland, suprarenal gland. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is adrenal a common word?

adrenal is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.