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interrenal, a. and n. Anat.|ɪntəˈriːnəl|
[f. inter- 4 a + L. rēn-es kidneys: see renal.]
a. adj. Situated between the kidneys.
b. n. An interrenal body.
1893in Funk's Stand. Dict. 1902Nature 18 Sept. 516 On the interrenal bodies of Plagiostomes, by M. Ed. Grynfeltt. 1929Physiol. Abstr. XIII. 530 The interrenal organ is essential to life in Selachians. 1940Chambers's Techn. Dict. 455/2 Interrenal body, in selachian Fish, a ductless gland which lies between the kidneys and corresponds to the cortex of the suprarenal gland of higher Vertebrates. 1965Lee & Knowles Animal Hormones iv. 69 The term adrenal cortex can be retained for all the vertebrate classes, but in the fish in view of the anatomical position the synonym interrenal may be preferred. |