ADRENAL GLAND

[adrenal gland] n (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 produces epinephrine and norepinephrine--called also adrenal, suprarenal gland