gland

English

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Etymology 1

From Latin glans (“acorn”).

Noun

gland (plural glands)

1. (zoology) An organ that synthesizes a 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).
2. (botany) A secretory structure on the surface of an organ.

Hyponyms

• See also Wikisaurus:gland

Derived terms

adrenal gland endocrine gland exocrine gland glanders glandular

glandule glandulous mammary gland pituitary gland sweat gland thyroid gland

Translations

organ that synthesizes and secretes substance

Arabic: غدة (ar) (ghúdda) f. Armenian: գեղձ (hy) (geġj) Bengali: গ্রন্থি (bn) Catalan: glàndula (ca) f. Chinese: Mandarin: 腺 (cmn) (xiàn) Croatian: žlijézda (hr) f. Czech: žláza (cs) f. Esperanto: glando (eo) Finnish: rauhanen (fi) French: glande (fr) f. German: Drüse (de) f. Greek: Ancient: ἀδήν (adēn) m. and f. Modern: αδένας (el) (adhénas) m.

Hungarian: mirigy (hu) Irish: faireog (ga) f. Italian: ghiandola (it) f. Japanese: 腺 (ja) (せん, sen), グランド (ja) (gurando) Karachay-Balkar: без (bez) Polish: gruczoł (pl) m. Portuguese: glândula (pt) f. Russian: железа (ru) (železá) f. Serbian: žlezda (sr) f. Slovene: žleza (sl) f. Spanish: glándula (es) f. Swedish: körtel (sv) c. Turkish: bez (tr) Volapük: glan (vo)

secretory structure on the surface of an organ

Croatian: žlijézda (hr) f. German: Drüse (de) f.

Irish: faireog (ga) f. Italian: ghiandola (it) f.

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Chinese: 封墊, 封垫 (fēng diàn); 腺体 (xiàn tǐ) Danish: kirtel (da) c., glandel (da) c. Dutch: klier m. Esperanto: glando Galician: glándula f. Hebrew: בלוטה (baluta) f. Indonesian: kelenjar Interlingua: glandula, aden

Korean: 동맥 (dongmaek) Lithuanian: liauka f. Macedonian: жлезда (žlezda) f. Portuguese: glândula f. Romanian: glandă f. Slovene: žleza f. Spanish: glándula f. Turkish: bez

See also

• organ

Etymology 2

19th century. Etymology unknown.

Noun

gland (plural glands)

1. (mechanical) 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. Examples:

   a. used around a ship’s propeller shaft.

   b. used around a tap, valve or faucet.

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French

Etymology

Latin glans, gland-.

Pronunciation

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• IPA: /ɡlɑ̃/, SAMPA: /glA~/

Noun

gland m. (plural glands)

1. acorn
2. (anatomy) glans
   • 1785, Donatien Alphonse François de Sade, 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.

3. tassel
4. (vulgar, slang) (of a person) prick, wanker

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Romanian

Noun

gland n.

1. glans penis