: of, relating to, or derived from the adrenal glands or their secretions
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Dominique Fluker, Essence, 11 Aug. 2023
Social media is optimized to spike your adrenals with monkey fear.
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Anna, who died at age 29 less than a year after a stage 4 adrenal carcinoma diagnosis, is also a mom to daughter Kaitlyn, 8, from a previous relationship.
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Noun
These are reasons to go in and talk with your family doctor and do any lab work to see if anything is happening with your adrenals.
—Dominique Fluker, Essence, 11 Aug. 2023
Social media is optimized to spike your adrenals with monkey fear.
—WIRED, 8 Aug. 2023
Adjective
The at-home adrenal test collects a saliva sample to be sent back to Thorne’s laboratory using a prepaid shipper.
—Anna Haines, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
Anna, who died at age 29 less than a year after a stage 4 adrenal carcinoma diagnosis, is also a mom to daughter Kaitlyn, 8, from a previous relationship.
—Emma Aerin Becker, People.com, 11 Dec. 2024
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“Adrenal.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/adrenal. Accessed 17 Jan. 2025.
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adrenal
1 of 2 adjective
ad·re·nal
ə-ˈdrē-nᵊl 
: of, relating to, or derived from the adrenal glands or their secretions
adrenal
2 of 2 nounMedical Definition
adrenal
1 of 2 adjective
ad·re·nal
ə-ˈdrēn-ᵊl
: of, relating to, or derived from the adrenal glands or their secretion
adrenal
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