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suprarenal, a. (n.) Anat.|s(j)uːprəˈriːnəl|
[ad. mod.L. suprārēnālis: see supra- 1 b and renal.]
A. adj.
a. Situated above the kidney; applied to a pair of ductless glands (suprarenal bodies, suprarenal capsules, suprarenal corpuscles, suprarenal glands), one immediately above each kidney; also to other structures connected with these.
1828Quain Elem. Anat. 500 The kidneys and supra-renal capsules. 1840E. Wilson Anat. Vade M. (1842) 309 The Supra-renal are sometimes branches of the phrenic or of the renal arteries. Ibid. 350 The Supra-renal veins terminate partly in the renal veins, and partly in the inferior vena cava. 1876tr. Wagner's Gen. Pathol. 154 The connective tissue corpuscles of the supra-renal glands. 1883Encycl. Brit. XV. 365/1 The ‘suprarenal bodies’ or ‘adrenals’. 1905H. D. Rolleston Dis. Liver 271 The various preparations of suprarenal gland substance.
b. transf. Of, pertaining to, or affecting the suprarenal capsules.
1876J. S. Bristowe Theory & Pract. Med. (1878) 583 There are no lesions..which are constantly associated with the supra-renal affection. Ibid. 585 Supra-renal degeneration.
B. n. A suprarenal capsule (in quot. 1841, a suprarenal artery).
1841R. E. Grant Outl. Comp. 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. 1895Athenæum 7 Dec. 795/2 The supra-renal bodies of fishes... There was no relation..between the supra-renals and the lymphatic head-kidney. 1897Allbutt's Syst. Med. III. 313 Glands without ducts, such as the..suprarenals.
Hence supraˈrenalin, supraˈrenin, a substance extracted from suprarenal capsules, used as a hæmostatic.
1904Brit. Med. Jrnl. 17 Sept. 681 The constitution of suprarenin. 1909Chem. & Druggist 20 Feb. 316/2 Novocain-Suprarenin Dental Tablets..contain..Suprarenin borate. 1909Cent. Dict., Suppl., Suprarenalin. |