How do you pronounce adrenal?

The recorded pronunciation is /æˈdɹiːnəl/.

adrenal

/æˈdɹiːnəl/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 2.99 in modern English

Syllables: adrenal
IPA: /æˈdɹiːnəl/

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Meaning

adj

Pertaining to the adrenal glands (suprarenal glands), their secretions, or the function derived therefrom.

adj

Abutting or near the kidneys.

adj

Full of excitement or adrenaline.

Informal

noun

An adrenal gland.

Example Sentences

"She seems to inhabit some fluid, crystalline medium. Pure adrenal dream."
"Near-synonym: perirenal"
"[a single outstanding act of violence][…]took place inside the stadium, and in front of the watching millions, as Liam Roberts launched an adrenal, wildly dangerous flying challenge into the head of Jean-Philippe Mateta with five minutes gone."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad-bor. English ad- Latin rēn Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Late Latin rēnālislbor. English renal English adrenal From ad- (“near”) + renal (“pertaining to the kidneys”), from Latin rēn (“kidney”).

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: rēn

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /æˈdɹiːnəl/

Usage

Informal

Inflected Forms

more adrenal (comparative) most adrenal (superlative) adrenals (plural)

Derived Forms

adrenalectomy adrenalin adrenaline adrenalism adrenalitis adrenally extraadrenal hyperadrenalism hypoadrenal hypoadrenalism intraadrenal nonadrenal

Phrases

adrenal artery adrenal cortex adrenal gland chronic adrenal insufficiency hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis primary adrenal insufficiency

Frequently Paired Words

postrenal prerenal

Synonyms

suprarenal perirenal adrenal gland suprarenal gland

Antonyms

intrarenal

Rhymes With

penal renal venal duodenal espinal penile phenyl