# glandular
## English
### Etymology

Mid 18th century borrowing from French glandulaire, from glandule (“small gland”) +‎ -aire (“-ar, -ary”, adjectival suffix), from Latin glandulae (“glands of the throat”); equivalent to glandule +‎ -ar.

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈɡlan.djʊl.ə/, /ˈɡlan.d͡ʒʊl.ə/, /ˈɡlan.ʒʊl.ə/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* (General American) IPA: /ˈɡlæn.d͡ʒəl.ɚ/
* Rhymes: -ændjʊlə(ɹ), -ændʒʊlə(ɹ), -ænʒʊlə(ɹ)

### Adjective

glandular (not comparable)
* (medicine) Pertaining to a gland or glands.
    a glandular disorder
** Having the characteristics or function of a gland.
* Innate, inherent.
** 1948, Newsweek:[…] the almost glandular Russian instinct for adventure and romance.
* Physical, sexual.

#### Synonyms

* glandulous

#### Derived terms

* aglandular
* biglandular
* cryptoglandular
* dermoglandular
* eglandular
* excitoglandular
* extraglandular
* fibroglandular
* glandular fever
* glandularity
* glandularly
* hypoglandular
* interglandular
* intraglandular
* lymphoglandular
* microglandular
* multiglandular
* musculoglandular
* neuroglandular
* nonglandular
* oculoglandular
* periglandular
* pluriglandular
* polyglandular
* pseudoglandular
* quadriglandular
* retroglandular
* subglandular
* triglandular
* tubuloglandular
* ulceroglandular
* unglandular
* uniglandular
* villoglandular

#### Translations
### Noun

glandular (plural glandulars)
* A food supplement made from glands.
** 1982, Vegetarian Times, number 61, page 6:Then Mr. Rothschild states that there is a wealth of studies attesting to the beneficence of glandulars in the human diet, only to fall into the same error he lays on Dr. Holub: failing to cite a single one.
** 2010, Roy Mankovitz, The Wellness Project, page 158:An interesting event happened in my house that buttressed my appreciation of glandulars. I previously mentioned our cats, raised on a raw food diet that includes as many glands and other organs as we can obtain, […]
** 2014, Judy Morgan, From Needles to Natural: Learning Holistic Pet Healing, page 44:I started reading about acupuncture, acupressure, flower essences, Chinese herbals, American herbals, Ayurvedic herbals, raindrop therapy, essential oils, aromatherapy, homeopathy, glandulars, vitamins, folk remedies, […]

### References

* “glandular”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
* “glandular”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

## Catalan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [ɡlən.duˈlar]
* IPA: (Balearic) [ɡlən.duˈla]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ɡlan.duˈlaɾ]

### Adjective

glandular m or f (masculine and feminine plural glandulars)
* glandular

#### Related terms

* glàndula

### Further reading

* “glandular” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ɡlɐ̃.duˈlaʁ/ [ɡlɐ̃.duˈlah]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ɡlɐ̃.duˈlaʁ/ [ɡlɐ̃.duˈlah]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /ɡlɐ̃.duˈlaɾ/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /ɡlɐ̃.duˈlaʁ/ [ɡlɐ̃.duˈlaχ]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ɡlɐ̃.duˈlaɻ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ɡlɐ̃.duˈlaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ɡlɐ̃.duˈlaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /ɡlɐ̃.duˈla.ɾi/

### Adjective

glandular m or f (plural glandulares)
* (anatomy) glandular (pertaining to glands)

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French glandulaire.

### Adjective

glandular m or n (feminine singular glandulară, masculine plural glandulari, feminine and neuter plural glandulare)
* glandular

#### Declension
## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin glandulāris, from Latin glandula (“little acorn”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡlanduˈlaɾ/ [ɡlãn̪.d̪uˈlaɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: glan‧du‧lar

### Adjective

glandular m or f (masculine and feminine plural glandulares)
* glandular

#### Related terms

* glándula

### Further reading

* “glandular”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10