Of or relating to black bile; ‘applied to the renal or supra-renal glands or capsules, and to the arteries and veins by which they are supplied.’…

Designating an endocrine gland situated close to the upper or anterior pole of the kidney (now usually in suprarenal gland); = adrenal, adj. 1.

Of or relating to this gland; supplying or affecting this gland; = suprarenal, adj. 2.

Of or pertaining to the glomeruli (of the kidneys). glomerular nephritis, disease in the glomerules of the kidneys, occurring in connection with…

Of a kidney: not having glomeruli (see glomerule, n. 1b) to perform the first stage of blood filtration, as in some fishes. Of a fish: having such…

Situated next to a glomerulus of the kidney; juxtaglomerular apparatus, a structure variously considered to comprise (a) a juxtaglomerular body…

Of, belonging to, or relating to the mesangium; spec. designating the specialized cells with supportive, phagocytic, and contractile properties that…

Histology. A network of palely staining cells with branching processes, located in the mesangial part of the juxtaglomerular apparatus. Frequently…