adrenal, a. and n.
(æˈdriːnəl)
[f. ad- 1 + L. rēnes kidneys: cf. renal a. and n.]
A. adj. = suprarenal a.; adrenal cortical hormone, adrenocorticotrophic hormone.
| 1875 Huxley & Martin Elem. Biol. xiii. 173 The Adrenal glands are yellow bodies imbedded in the ventral face of the kidney. 1921 L. Berman Glands regulating Personality vii. 150 Christina may be adrenal cortex centred and so masculinoid. 1927 Lancet 8 Oct. 745/2 (title) Virilism due to an Adrenal Cortical Hypernephroma. 1934 Ann. Reg. 1933 60 Harris devised a chemical test for vitamin C, which is probably ascorbic acid and a specific constituent of the adrenal cortex. 1946 Lancet 10 Aug. 203/1 As the nitrogen output rises..so the urinary content of adrenal cortical hormone reaches relatively enormous levels. 1950 Sci. News XV. 132 The adrenal gland..is readily distinguishable into two parts, the rind or cortex, and the core or medulla. |
B. n. pl. Suprarenals.
| 1882 Trans. Path. Soc. XXXIII. 341 Adrenals. 1883 Encycl. Brit. XV. 365/1 The ‘suprarenal bodies’ or ‘adrenals’. 1927 Haldane & Huxley Anim. Biol. i. 18 The adrenals, the parathyroids, the pancreas, the reproductive organs, and probably other organs also produce internal secretions. |