ADRENAL GLAND

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does adrenal gland mean? 

• ADRENAL GLAND (noun)
  The noun ADRENAL GLAND has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: ADRENAL GLAND used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ADRENAL GLAND (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

adrenal; adrenal gland; suprarenal gland

Hypernyms ("adrenal gland" is a kind of...):

ductless gland; endocrine; endocrine gland (any of the glands of the endocrine system that secrete hormones directly into the bloodstream)

Meronyms (parts of "adrenal gland"):

adrenal cortex (the cortex of the adrenal gland; secretes corticosterone and sex hormones)

adrenal medulla (the medulla of the adrenal gland; secretes epinephrine)

Holonyms ("adrenal gland" is a part of...):

kidney (either of two bean-shaped excretory organs that filter wastes (especially urea) from the blood and excrete them and water in urine)

 Context examples 

Metyrapone inhibits 11-beta-hydroxylase, thereby inhibiting synthesis of cortisol from 11-deoxycortisol and corticosterone from desoxycorticosterone in the adrenal gland.

(Metyrapone, NCI Thesaurus)

A malignant tumor that has spread to the adrenal gland from an adjacent or distant anatomic site.

(Metastatic Malignant Neoplasm to the Adrenal Gland, NCI Thesaurus)

Metyrapone inhibits steroid 11-beta-hydroxylase, thereby inhibiting the synthesis of cortisol from 11-deoxycortisol, and corticosterone, the precursor of aldosterone, from deoxycorticosterone in the adrenal gland.

(Metyrapone Tartrate, NCI Thesaurus)

It is characterized by damage of the white matter in the brain and degeneration of the adrenal glands.

(Neonatal Adrenoleukodystrophy, NCI Thesaurus)

With a complete nephrectomy, the attached adrenal gland, perinephric fat, and regional lymph nodes are often removed as well.

(Nephrectomy, NCI Thesaurus)

In a radical nephrectomy, an entire kidney, nearby adrenal gland and lymph nodes, and other surrounding tissue are removed.

(Nephrectomy, NCI Dictionary)

A benign tumor of the adrenal gland composed of adipocytes and hematopoietic/lymphoid cells.

(Adrenal Gland Myelolipoma, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

A benign soft tissue lesion arising from the adrenal gland.

(Adrenal Gland Myelolipoma, NCI Thesaurus)

A neoplasm of the adrenal gland medulla, composed of medullary and neuroectodermal components, for which the malignancy status has not been established.

(Adrenal Gland Composite Pheochromocytoma, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

The thin fibrous tissue that surrounds the adrenal gland.

(Adrenal Gland Capsule, NCI Thesaurus)