gland
See also: Gland
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /ɡlænd/
Audio (UK) (file) - Rhymes: -ænd
Etymology 1
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).
Noun
gland (plural glands)
- (zoology) 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).
- Meronyms: endocrine gland, exocrine gland
- Hyponyms: see Thesaurus:gland
- (anatomy) A structure resembling a gland, especially a lymph node.
- Hyponyms: lymph gland, Virchow's gland
- (botany) A secretory structure on the surface of an organ.
Hyponyms
- macrogland
- mammary gland
Derived terms
- adrenal gland
- anal gland
- anterior pituitary gland
- apocrine gland
- Bartholin's gland
- Brunner's gland
- bulbourethral gland
- Cowper's gland
- ductless gland
- Dufour's gland
- glandectomy
- glandiform
- glandless
- glandlike
- gland of Deshayes
- glandotropic
- Harderian gland
- intestinal gland
- lacrimal gland
- mammary gland
- master gland
- meibomian gland
- Meibomian gland
- monkeygland
- Nasonov gland
- palatine gland
- parathyroid gland
- paratoid gland
- paraurethral gland
- parotid gland
- parotoid 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
- thyroid gland
- uropygial gland
Related terms
- glanders
- glandular
- glandule
- glandulous
- glans
Translations
organ that synthesizes and secretes substance
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secretory structure on the surface of an organ
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See also
- organ
Etymology 2
Early 19th century, probably from Scots glam (“vice, clamp”), probably from a variant of clam (“clam; clamp, vise”). Related to clamp.
Noun
gland (plural glands)
- (mechanics) A compressable cylindrical case and its contents around a shaft where it passes through a barrier, intended to prevent the passage of a fluid past the barrier, such as:
- A gland used around a ship’s propeller shaft.
- A gland used around a tap, valve or faucet.
Hyponyms
- cable gland
Translations
cylindrical case used for straining
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References
- “gland”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “gland”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
French
Etymology
From Old French glant, from Latin glāndem, accusative singular of glāns.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡlɑ̃/
audio (file)
Noun
gland m (plural glands)
- acorn
- (anatomy) glans
- Ellipsis of gland du pénis (“glans penis”).
- 1785, Donatien Alphonse François de Sade, Austryn Wainhouse, Richard Seaver, transl., Les 120 journées de Sodome, ou l'École du libertinage:
- Brise-cul, vingt-huit ans, l'air d'un satyre, son vit est tortu ; la tête ou le gland en est énorme : il a huit pouces trois lignes de tour, et le corps du vit huit pouces sur seize de long ; ce vit majestueux est absolument cambré.
- Bum-Cleaver, twenty-eight years old, has the look of a satyr; his majestic prick is bent saber fashion, its head, or glans, is enormous, it is eight and three-eighths inches in circumference and the shaft eight in length.
- Comeronyms: corps caverneux, corps spongieux, frein, prépuce
- Holonym: pénis
- la couronne perlée du gland ― pearly penile papules
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- Ellipsis of gland du clitoris (“glans clitoridis”).
- Comeronym: capuchon du clitoris
- Holonym: clitoris
- décalotter le gland ― to uncover the glans penis or glans clitoridis by pulling back the foreskin or clitoral hood
- recalotter le gland ― to cover again the glans penis or glans clitoridis by pulling forward the foreskin or clitoral hood
- Ellipsis of gland du pénis (“glans penis”).
- tassel
- (vulgar, slang, of a person, usually male) prick, wanker, bell end
Derived terms
- glander
- glandeur
Related terms
- glande
Further reading
- “gland”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Friulian
Alternative forms
- glant
Etymology
From Latin glāndem, accusative of glāns.
Noun
gland m (plural glands)
- acorn
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French gland, from Latin glans, glandis. Doublet of the inherited ghindă.
Noun
gland n (plural glanduri)
- (anatomy) glans penis
Declension
Declension of gland
| singular | plural | |||
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| indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
| nominative/accusative | (un) gland | glandul | (niște) glanduri | glandurile |
| genitive/dative | (unui) gland | glandului | (unor) glanduri | glandurilor |
| vocative | glandule | glandurilor | ||