SUPRARENAL

a.

2 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
a.

Situated above, or anterior to, the kidneys. -- n.

2.
a.

A suprarenal capsule. Suprarenal capsules (Anat.), two small bodies of unknown function in front of, or near, the kidneys in most vertebrates. Also called renal capsules, and suprarenal bodies.