suprarenaladj.n.
/ˌsuːprəˈriːnl/, /ˌsjuːprəˈriːnl/, U.S. /ˌsuprəˈrin(ə)l/ Chiefly Anatomy.
A. adj.
1. Designating an endocrine gland situated close to the upper or anterior pole of the kidney (now usually in suprarenal gland); = adrenal adj. 1.Although glandula suprarenalis and suprarenal gland remain the names of this organ in formal anatomical terminology, adrenal gland is now more commonly used.
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the world > life > the body > secretory organs > gland > specific glands > [adjective] > kidney
nephritic1580
nephritical1638
renal1656
suprarenal1791
suprarenal1791
cardiorenal1854
paranephritic1857
adrenal1863
perirenal1867
renovesical1868
perinephritic1877
renopericardial1883
lieno-renal1887
nephric1887
perinephric1890
interrenal1893
paranephric1897
the world > life > the body > secretory organs > gland > specific glands > [adjective] > kidney > parts of
atrabiliary1808
suprarenal1828
adrenal1868
glomerular1885
aglomerular1928
juxtaglomerular1935
mesangial1941
lacis1961
1791 W. Vaughan Expos. Princ. Anat. & Physiol. I. 421 The Kidneys, the Supra-renal glands, the Spleen, and the Liver, have each their proper lymphatic glands.
1828 J. Quain Elements Anat. viii. 500 The kidneys and supra-renal capsules.
1883 Encycl. Brit. XV. 365/1 The ‘suprarenal bodies’ or ‘adrenals’.
1928 C. S. Whitehead & C. A. Hoff Ethical Sex Relations (new ed.) i. i. 24 The supra-renal capsules are two small, flattened, glandular bodies, situated immediately in front of the upper end of each kidney.
1989 Jrnl. Royal Soc. Med. 82 567/2 A terrible tragedy befell him when his first wife died from infarction of the suprarenal gland during pregnancy.
2003 J. Chance Tolkien the Medievalist ii. 19 A postmortem disclosed that two suprarenal glands had ceased to function.
2. Of or relating to this gland; supplying or affecting this gland; = adrenal adj. 2.
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the world > life > the body > secretory organs > gland > specific glands > [adjective] > kidney
nephritic1580
nephritical1638
renal1656
suprarenal1791
suprarenal1791
cardiorenal1854
paranephritic1857
adrenal1863
perirenal1867
renovesical1868
perinephritic1877
renopericardial1883
lieno-renal1887
nephric1887
perinephric1890
interrenal1893
paranephric1897
1791 W. Vaughan Expos. Princ. Anat. & Physiol. I. 389 Before they are inserted into the concave margin of the kidneys, they give off the Supra-renal and Adipose Arteries of the kidneys.
1840 E. Wilson Anatomist's Vade Mecum 324 The supra-renal veins terminate partly in the renal veins, and partly in the inferior vena cava.
1876 J. S. Bristowe Treat. Theory & Pract. Med. ii. iv. 582 There are no lesions..which are constantly associated with the supra-renal affection.
1954 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 27 Nov. 1268/2 The occurrence of acute suprarenal failure in cases of Addison's disease is not uncommon.
1982 Brain Res. 238 47 The left adrenal gland was isolated from the surrounding connective tissues except the inferior suprarenal artery and vein.
2009 G. C. Cook & A. I. Zumla Manson's Trop. Dis. (ed. 22) xiii. 221/2 The obstruction of small blood vessels can cause ischaemia, tissue necrosis and renal failure; pituitary and suprarenal failure are rarer complications.
B. n.
A suprarenal gland; = adrenal n. Formerly also: †a suprarenal (adrenal) artery (obsolete).
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pelvis1679
renal pelvis1757
suprarenal1798
Malpighian body1842
Malpighian capsule1842
Malpighian tuft1842
Malpighian corpuscle1848
adrenal1863
zona fasciculata1874
zona glomerulosa1874
zona reticularis1874
Bowman's capsule1882
Malpighian pyramid1889
fore-kidney1892
spongiocyte1930
mesangium1934
lacis1961
lacis cell1962
nephron1965
1798 R. Hooper Compend. Med. Dict. at Fœtus All the glands, especially the thymus and suprarenal, and the vermiform process of the cæcum, are..considerably larger in proportion.
1841 R. E. Grant Outl. Compar. Anat. 512 The aorta gives off..the two small phrenic arteries..to the diaphragm; two or more minute supra-renals to the supra-renal capsules.
1895 Athenæum 7 Dec. 795/2 The supra-renal bodies of fishes... There was no relation..between the supra-renals and the lymphatic head-kidney.
1897 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. III. 313 Glands without ducts, such as the..suprarenals.
1953 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 17 Oct. 886/2 There were large medullary haemorrhages in both supra renals.
2001 S. A. Barnett Story of Rats x. 168 The adrenals (or suprarenals) nestle against the kidneys.
Derivatives
ˌsupraˈrenalin n. (also suprarenaline) Pharmacology an extract of the adrenal gland; a substance present in such an extract, spec. adrenaline (epinephrine).A proprietary name in the United States.
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the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > astringent or restringent preparations > [noun] > for stopping bleeding > biological
suprarenalin1901
Stypven1940
fibrin foam1944
1901 Bull. Pharmacy 15 363/1 The organotherapeutic preparations consist mainly of tablets of animal extracts, such as cerebrine, medulline, suprarenaline, mammine, [etc.].
1978 Analyt. Profiles Drug Substances 7 196 Some of the more commonly used trade names in the United States are Adrenalin (Parke, Davis), Suprarenalin (Armour & Co.), and Suprarenin (Sterling Drug, Inc.).
1988 Trends Pharmaceut. Sci. 9 433/3 With the rapid adoption of adrenal extracts in therapy, a plethora of names was introduced: adnephrin, adrin, supracapsulin, suprarenalin, atrabilin, vasoconstrictin, renoform and many others.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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