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Adrenal

noun

Either of a pair of complex endocrine glands situated near the kidney. Synonyms: adrenal gland, suprarenal gland.

adjective

Of or pertaining to the adrenal glands or their secretions.

Near the kidneys.

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"Adrenal" Quotes from Famous Books

... than struggling with an unsuccessful clinical practice, Dr. Pottenger decided to make his living running a medical testing laboratory in Pasadena, California. Dr. Pottenger earned his daily bread performing a rather simple task, assaying the potency of adrenal hormone extracts. At that time, adrenaline, a useful drug to temporarily rescue people close to death, was extracted from the adrenal glands of animals. However, the potency of these crude extracts varied greatly. Being a very powerful drug, it was ...

— How and When to Be Your Own Doctor • Dr. Isabelle A. Moser with Steve Solomon

... glands located near the kidneys (whence their name, though they have nothing to do with the kidney in function), have a close connection with such emotions as anger. In the normal or neutral state of the organism, the adrenal secretion oozes slowly into the blood, and has a tonic influence on the heart and muscles. But let an anger stimulus occur, and within a few seconds the adrenals are secreting rapidly; all the organs soon get a big dose of the adrenal secretion, and some ...

— Psychology - A Study Of Mental Life • Robert S. Woodworth

... liver. The extent of these changes is well shown by the photomicrographs which illustrate the paper on "The Kinetic System" which is included in this volume. This paper describes many experiments which show that the brain, the adrenal, and the liver play together constantly and that no one of these organs—as far at least as is indicated by the histologic studies—can act without the co-operation ...

— The Origin and Nature of Emotions • George W. Crile

... also shown that nicotin stimulates the adrenal glands, small organs adjacent to the kidneys, which secrete a substance that in excess powerfully affects the blood vessels, constricting them and temporarily increasing the blood pressure. This influence ...

— How to Live - Rules for Healthful Living Based on Modern Science • Irving Fisher and Eugene Fisk