SUPRARENAL GLAND

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does suprarenal gland mean? 

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

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

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• SUPRARENAL 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 ("suprarenal 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 "suprarenal 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 ("suprarenal 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 

A blood vessel arising from the renal artery that supplies blood to the suprarenal gland and ureter.

(Inferior Suprarenal Artery, NCI Thesaurus)

Also called suprarenal gland.

(Adrenal gland, NCI Dictionary)