adrenal gland

1. 1.

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

   Synonymsadrenalsuprarenal gland

   Broaderendocrine gland

   Part ofkidney

   Partsadrenal cortexadrenal medulla

Questions about adrenal gland

What does adrenal gland mean?

adrenal gland means "either of a pair of complex endocrine glands situated near the kidney".

What is another word for adrenal gland?

Close synonyms include adrenal, 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 gland a common word?

adrenal gland is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.