gland
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: anatomy
biology
botany
engineering
medicine
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
zoology
Etymology: Late 17th century borrowing from French glande, alteration of Old French glandre, from Latin glandulae (“throat glands, tonsils”), plural of glandula (“a little acorn”), from glāns (“an acorn”) + -ula (diminutive nominal suffix).
Base: glāns
Affixes: -ula
Inflected forms:
form: glands
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A specialized cell, group of cells, or organ of endothelial origin in the human or animal body that synthesizes a chemical substance, such as hormones or breast milk, and releases it, often into the bloodstream (endocrine gland) or into cavities inside the body or its outer surface (exocrine gland).
pos: noun
gloss: A specialized cell, group of cells, or organ of endothelial origin in the human or animal body that synthesizes a chemical substance, such as hormones or breast milk, and releases it, often into the bloodstream (endocrine gland) or into cavities inside the body or its outer surface (exocrine gland).
pos: noun
gloss: A secretory structure on the surface of an organ.
pos: noun
gloss: A stuffing box used to seal a rotating or reciprocating shaft against a fluid.
pos: noun
examples: The gland of a tap/faucet is usually packed with string which has been soaked in tallow or similar grease.
Synonyms: gland
Related words: glanders
glandular
glandule
glandulous
glans
organ
Derived words: adrenal gland
anal gland
antennal gland
anterior pituitary gland
apocrine gland
Bartholin's gland
Bowman's gland
Brunner's gland
bulbourethral gland
colleterial gland
Cowper's gland
ductless gland
Dufour's gland
eccrine gland
glandectomy
glandiform
glandless
glandlike
gland of Deshayes
glandotropic
green gland
Harderian gland
hibernating gland
interrenal gland
intestinal gland
lacrimal gland
mammary gland
master gland
meibomian gland
Meibomian gland
miliary gland
monkeygland
Montgomery gland
Nasonov gland
Nasonov's gland
palatine gland
parathyroid gland
paratoid gland
paraurethral gland
parotid gland
parotoid gland
Peyerian gland
Peyer's gland
pineal gland
pituitary gland
poison gland
prostate gland
prothoracic gland
pseudogland
saliva gland
salivary gland
salt gland
scent gland
sebaceous gland
sex gland
Skene's gland
sublingual gland
submandibular gland
submaxillary gland
sudoriferous gland
sudoriparous gland
suprarenal gland
sweat gland
tarsal gland
tear gland
thymus gland
thyroid gland
uropygial gland
uterine gland
vestibular gland
vitelline gland
Translations:
lang: Albanian
word: gjëndër
lang: Arabic
word: غُدَّة
roman: ḡudda
lang: Arabic
word: غدة
roman: ḡudda
lang: Arabic
word: غُدَّة
roman: ḡudda
lang: Armenian
word: գեղձ
roman: geġj
lang: Asturian
word: glándula
lang: Azerbaijani
word: vəzi
lang: Bashkir
word: биҙ
roman: biź
lang: Basque
word: guruin
lang: Belarusian
word: зало́за
roman: zalóza
lang: Bengali
word: গ্রন্থি
roman: gronthi
lang: Bulgarian
word: жлеза́
roman: žlezá
lang: Burmese
word: ဂလင်း
roman: ga.lang:
lang: Catalan
word: glàndula
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 腺體 /腺体
roman: xiàntǐ
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 腺
roman: xiàn
lang: Czech
word: žláza
lang: Danish
word: kirtel
lang: Dutch
word: klier
lang: Esperanto
word: glando
lang: Estonian
word: nääre
lang: Finnish
word: rauhanen
lang: French
word: glande
lang: Galician
word: glándula
lang: Georgian
word: ჯირკვალი
roman: ǯirḳvali
lang: German
word: Drüse
lang: German
word: Stinkdrüse
lang: Greek
word: αδένας
roman: adénas
lang: Ancient Greek
word: ἀδήν
roman: adḗn
lang: Hebrew
word: בַּלּוּטָה
roman: balutá
lang: Hindi
word: ग्रंथि
roman: granthi
lang: Hungarian
word: mirigy
lang: Icelandic
word: kirtill
lang: Ido
word: glando
lang: Indonesian
word: kelenjar
lang: Indonesian
word: glandula
lang: Ingrian
word: rauha
lang: Interlingua
word: glandula
lang: Irish
word: faireog
lang: Italian
word: ghiandola
lang: Japanese
word: 腺
roman: sen
lang: Japanese
word: グランド
roman: gurando
lang: Javanese
word: klanjer
lang: Karachay-Balkar
word: без
roman: bez
lang: Kazakh
word: без
roman: bez
lang: Khmer
word: ក្លង់
roman: klɑng
lang: Khmer
word: គ្រន្ថី
roman: krɔɔnthəy
lang: Khmer
word: ក្រពេញ
roman: krɑɑpɨñ
lang: Korean
word: 선
roman: seon
lang: Central Kurdish
word: دژێن
roman: dijên
lang: Central Kurdish
word: دوشوال
roman: duşwal
lang: Central Kurdish
word: دوبشی
roman: dubşî
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: rijên
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: toşpî
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: livik
lang: Kyrgyz
word: без
roman: bez
lang: Lao
word: ຕ່ອມ
roman: tǭm
lang: Latvian
word: dziedzeris
lang: Lithuanian
word: liauka
lang: Luxembourgish
word: Drüs
lang: Macedonian
word: жлезда
roman: žlezda
lang: Malay
word: kelenjar
lang: Māori
word: repe
lang: Marathi
word: ग्रंथी
roman: granthī
lang: Mongolian
word: булчирхай
roman: bulčirxaj
lang: Navajo
word: akááz
lang: Nogai
word: без
roman: bez
lang: Norn
word: jetel
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: kjertel
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: kjertel
lang: Ossetian
word: рӕзынӕг
roman: ræzynæg
lang: Pashto
word: غده
roman: ǧodá
lang: Pashto
word: پرګی
roman: pərgáy
lang: Pashto
word: مرغېړى
lang: Persian
word: غده
roman: ġodde
lang: Persian
word: دژپیه
roman: dožpih
lang: Persian
word: بالو
roman: bâlu
lang: Polish
word: gruczoł
lang: Portuguese
word: glândula
lang: Romanian
word: glandă
lang: Russian
word: железа́
roman: železá
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: жлезда
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: жлијезда
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: žlezda
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: žlijezda
lang: Slovak
word: žľaza
lang: Slovene
word: žleza
lang: Upper Sorbian
word: žałza
lang: Southern Altai
word: бес
roman: bes
lang: Spanish
word: glándula
lang: Swedish
word: körtel
lang: Tagalog
word: katasan
lang: Tajik
word: ғадуд
roman: ġadud
lang: Tajik
word: ғудда
roman: ġudda
lang: Tamil
word: சுரப்பி
roman: curappi
lang: Thai
word: ต่อม
roman: dtɔ̀m
lang: Turkish
word: bez
lang: Turkish
word: salgı bezi
lang: Turkmen
word: mäz
lang: Ukrainian
word: за́лоза
roman: záloza
lang: Urdu
word: غدہ
roman: ġudda
lang: Uyghur
word: بەز
roman: bez
lang: Uzbek
word: bez
lang: Vietnamese
word: tuyến
lang: Volapük
word: glan
lang: Volapük
word: mismelaglan
lang: Welsh
word: chwarren