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51adrenal medulla — The inner part of the adrenal gland (a small organ on top of each kidney). The adrenal medulla makes chemicals such as epinephrine (adrenaline) and norepinephrine (noradrenaline) which are involved in sending nerve signals …
52adrenal cortical steroid — noun a steroid hormone produced by the adrenal cortex or synthesized; administered as drugs they reduce swelling and decrease the body s immune response adrenal cortical steroids are used to treat many different conditions • Syn: ↑corticosteroid …
53adrenal gland — noun Date: 1875 either of a pair of complex endocrine organs near the anterior medial border of the kidney consisting of a mesodermal cortex that produces glucocorticoid, mineralocorticoid, and androgenic hormones and an ectodermal medulla that… …
54adrenal artery — noun An artery in the human abdomen that supplies blood to the adrenal glands …
55adrenal cortex — noun The outer portion of the adrenal glands that produces hormones essential to homeostasis …
56adrenal androgens — the 19 carbon steroids synthesized by the adrenal cortex that function as weak steroids or steroid precursors, including dehydroepiandrosterone, dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate, and androstenedione …
57adrenal apoplexy — massive hemorrhage into the adrenal glands, as seen in Waterhouse Friderichsen syndrome …
58adrenal cortical hyperplasia — adrenocortical hyperplasia hyperplasia of adrenal cortical cells, as in adrenogenital syndrome and Cushing syndrome …
59adrenal hypertension — hypertension caused by an adrenal tumor that secretes mineralocorticoids, such as in hyperaldosteronism; in many cases it may be associated with excessive production of other adrenocortical hormones normally made in minute amounts …
60adrenal line — Sergent white adrenal l …
