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gland ¹  (glnd)

n.

1.

a. A cell, a group of cells, or an organ that produces a secretion for use elsewhere in the body or in a body cavity or for elimination from the body.

b. Any of various organs, such as lymph nodes, that resemble true glands but perform a nonsecretory function.

2. Botany An organ or a structure that secretes a substance.

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[French glande, from Old French glandre, alteration of Latin glandula, diminutive of glns, gland-, acorn.]

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gland

Noun

1. an organ that synthesizes and secretes chemical substances for the body to use or eliminate

2. a similar organ in plants [Latin glans acorn]

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gland  (glnd)

An organ or group of specialized cells in the body that produces and secretes a specific substance, such as a hormone. See also endocrine glandexocrine gland

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

gland - any of various organs that synthesize substances needed by the body and release it through ducts or directly into the bloodstream secreter, secretor, secretory organ green gland - one of a pair of glands (believed to have excretory functions) in some crustaceans near the base of the large antennae sericterium, serictery, silk gland - silk-producing gland of insects (especially of a silkworm) or spiders organ - a fully differentiated structural and functional unit in an animal that is specialized for some particular function duct gland, exocrine, exocrine gland - a gland that secretes externally through a duct ductless gland, endocrine gland, endocrine - any of the glands of the endocrine system that secrete hormones directly into the bloodstream acinus - one of the small sacs or saclike dilations in a compound gland

Translations

gland [glænd] n → glándula

gland [glænd] n → glande f

gland [glænd] n → Drüse f

gland [glænd] n → ghiandola

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gland

n gland [glӕnd]

a part of the body that takes substances from the blood and stores them for use or in order that the body may get rid of them a sweat gland; He has swollen glands in his neck.klierغُدَّهотскачамžlázakirtel; -kirteldie Drüseαδέναςglándulanääreغدهrauhanenglandeבלוטהगिलटी, ग्रन्थिžlijezdamirigykelenjarkirtillghiandola腺?해부? 선(腺)liaukadziedzeriskelenjarklierkjertelgruczołglândulaglandăжелезаžľazažlezažlezdakörtelต่อมsalgıbezi腺залозаغدہtuyến腺

adj ˈglandular [-djulə, (American ) -dʒulər]

of the glands glandular fever.klieragtigeغُدّي، مُتَعلِّق بالغُددна или от жлезаžlázovýkirtel-Drüsen-...αδενικόςglandularnäärme-غده ای؛ ناشی از غدهrauhas-glandulaireשל הבלוטותग्रन्थिमयžljezdanimirigy-mengenai kelenjarkirtla-ghiandolare腺の선(腺)이 있는liaukųdziedzera-; dziedzeru-kelenjarklier-kjertel-gruczołowyglandularglandularжелезистыйžľazovýžlezenžlezdastkörtel-เกี่ยวกับต่อมsalgıbezlerine ait腺的гландулярнийغدہ یا غدود سے متعلق(thuộc) tuyến腺的