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suprarenal

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su·pra·re·nal  (spr-rnl)
adj.
Located on or above the kidney.
n.
A suprarenal part, especially an adrenal gland.
suprarenal [ˌsuːprəˈriːnəl ˌsjuː-]
adj
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Anatomy) Anatomy situated above a kidney
[from New Latin suprārēnālis. See supra-, renal]
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The young men who were sent down to him knew only hospital practice; and they came with the unconcealed scorn for the General Practitioner which they had absorbed in the air at the hospital; but they had seen only the complicated cases which appeared in the wards; they knew how to treat an obscure disease of the suprarenal bodies, but were helpless when consulted for a cold in the head.
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