1. located between the kidneys
Usage: anatomy
2. relating to or designating certain endocrine tissue in lower vertebrates that corresponds to the adrenal cortex in mammals
Usage: biology; zoology

Examples

• The interrenal glands in fish produce hormones similar to those made by mammalian adrenal glands.
• Researchers studied the interrenal tissue in sharks to understand hormone production.
• The interrenal body is an important endocrine structure in many vertebrates.
• Interrenal cells secrete corticosteroids in response to stress.
• The development of interrenal tissue varies among different species of fish.