adrenal
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- adjective
- /əˈdrɛnəl/
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adrenal
- Stress revs up the adrenal glands to pump glucocorticoids such as cortisol.
- adrenal gland
- adrenal function
They also checked ADHEAS, which is a lab checking adrenal function.
- They also checked ADHEAS, which is a lab checking adrenal function.
- And, and the rush of those adrenal hormones become kind of addictive to people.
- You know, I was taught once again in mainstream medicine that in terms of adrenal function, it's very binary.
- And this results in kind of a persistent state of chronic exhaustion that we kind of colloquially call adrenal fatigue.
- It's made by your adrenal glands, and it helps us manage stress and deal with inflammation.
Examples
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I mean, it's possible the chemical plant affected their thyroid or adrenal glands.
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Stress triggers the adrenal glands to produce chemicals, one of which is called cortisol.
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You know, I was taught once again in mainstream medicine that in terms of adrenal function, it's very binary.
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Once, during an operation on an adrenal gland, he damaged a major blood vessel.
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It's made by your adrenal glands, and it helps us manage stress and deal with inflammation.
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Aldosterone production occurs in the adrenal gland and is stimulated by the increased circulating levels of angiotensin II.
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Norepinephrine is a hormone produced by the adrenal gland along with epinephrine (adrenaline).
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Much more seriously, he suffered from Addison's disease, a sometimes hereditary autoimmune illness of the adrenal glands that causes several potentially lethal consequences and makes its victims particularly susceptible to infection.
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The adrenal glands play a crucial role in regulating metabolism and stress response.
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Hormones secreted by the adrenal glands are essential for maintaining homeostasis in the body.
Compounds
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A small gland above the kidneys that makes hormones such as adrenaline and cortisol
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The outer layer of a small gland above the kidney that makes hormones that control energy use and sexual development
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A hormone from the adrenal gland or a similar drug that reduces swelling and weakens the body's defence
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The inner part of the small gland above each kidney that makes stress hormones like adrenaline
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Adrenal comes from Latin parts ad- ('near') and renes ('kidneys'), meaning 'near the kidneys'. So adrenal as an adjective describes things related to the small glands above your kidneys that make hormones like adrenaline.