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adrenal glands

n. (adrenal gland English)

Usage examples of "adrenal glands".

During adolescence the visible differences between the mammalian sexes increase under the influence of a mix of hormones from the gonads, adrenal glands, and pituitary gland.

The treatment now included supplements of the enzyme photolyase, to correct DNA damage, and supplements of the pineal hormone melatonin, and dehydroepiandrosterone, a steroid hormone produced by the adrenal glands.

When deer and lemmings are overcrowded, the result is a rise in the destabilising force which causes the adrenal glands to overwork.

The pituitary is divided into two parts, which {as in the case of the adrenal glands) have no connection with each other functionally.

The effect, as John Christian discovered with his Sika deer, is to cause the adrenal glands to overwork.

Pain affects the adrenal glands, and the adrenal glands affect everything.

You get freaks who die of shock just because the adrenal glands got too big.

I didn't realize you could banter when you're terrified, he thought with tight control, though it helped being able to set your analogue of adrenal glands.