adrenocortical

1. 1.

   of or derived from the cortex of the adrenal glands

Questions about adrenocortical

What does adrenocortical mean?

adrenocortical means "of or derived from the cortex of the adrenal glands".

How many syllables are in adrenocortical?

adrenocortical has 6 syllables: a-dre-no-cor-ti-cal. The stress falls on "cor".

Is adrenocortical a common word?

adrenocortical 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.