Suprarenal

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Suprarenal \Su`pra*re"nal\, a. (Anat.)
     Situated above, or anterior to, the kidneys. -- n. A
     suprarenal capsule.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     {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}.
        [1913 Webster] Suprascalpular