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^(key): /ˈɡlan.djʊl.ə/, /ˈɡlan.d͡ʒʊl.ə/, /ˈɡlan.ʒʊl.ə/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɡlæn.d͡ʒəl.ɚ/
• Rhymes: -ændjʊlə(ɹ), -ændʒʊlə(ɹ), -ænʒʊlə(ɹ)

Adjective

glandular (not comparable)

1. (medicine) Pertaining to a gland or glands.

   a glandular disorder

   1. Having the characteristics or function of a gland.
2. Innate, inherent.
   • 1948, Newsweek:

     […] the almost glandular Russian instinct for adventure and romance.

3. 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

pertaining to a gland or glands

• Bulgarian: жлезист (žlezist)
• Catalan: glandular
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 腺的 (zh) (xiàn de)

• Czech: žlázový (cs), glandulární
• Dutch: ingeboren (nl)
• French: glandulaire (fr)
• Galician: glandular (gl)
• German: glanduläre, drüsig (de)
• Greek:

  Ancient: ἀδενοειδής (adenoeidḗs)

• Ido: glandala (io)
• Italian: ghiandolare (it)
• Japanese: 腺状の (senjō no)
• Korean: 선 (ko) (seon)
• Latin: glandularis
• Lithuanian: liaukinis
• Portuguese: glandular (pt)
• Russian: желе́зистый (ru) (želézistyj), гландуля́рный (ru) (glanduljárnyj)
• Spanish: glandular
• Turkish: bezsel
• Volapük: glanik
• Welsh: chwarennol

Noun

glandular (plural glandulars)

1. 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^(key): (Central) [ɡlən.duˈlar]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ɡlən.duˈla]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ɡlan.duˈlaɾ]

Adjective

glandular m or f (masculine and feminine plural glandulars)

1. glandular

Related terms

• glàndula

Further reading

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

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɡlɐ̃.duˈlaʁ/ [ɡlɐ̃.duˈlah]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɡlɐ̃.duˈlaʁ/ [ɡlɐ̃.duˈlah]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ɡlɐ̃.duˈlaɾ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ɡlɐ̃.duˈlaʁ/ [ɡlɐ̃.duˈlaχ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɡlɐ̃.duˈlaɻ/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɡlɐ̃.duˈlaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɡlɐ̃.duˈlaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɡlɐ̃.duˈla.ɾi/

Adjective

glandular m or f (plural glandulares)

1. (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)

1. glandular

Declension

Declension of glandular

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	glandular		glandulară		glandulari	glandulare
	definite	glandularul		glandulara		glandularii	glandularele
genitive- dative	indefinite	glandular		glandulare		glandulari	glandulare
	definite	glandularului		glandularei		glandularilor	glandularelor

Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡlanduˈlaɾ/ [ɡlãn̪.d̪uˈlaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: glan‧du‧lar

Adjective

glandular m or f (masculine and feminine plural glandulares)

1. 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