salivary gland

English

Noun

salivary gland (plural salivary glands)

1. (anatomy) Any of several exocrine glands that produce saliva to break down carbohydrates in food enzymatically.

   Synonym: saliva gland

Translations

any of exocrine glands producing saliva to break down carbohydrates in food enzymatically

• Arabic: غُدّة لُعَابِيّة f (ḡudda luʕābiyya)
• Belarusian: слі́нная зало́за f (slínnaja zalóza)
• Bulgarian: слю́нчена жлеза́ f (sljúnčena žlezá)
• Catalan: glàndula salival f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 唾腺 (zh) (tuòxiàn), 唾液腺 (zh) (tuòyèxiàn), 涎腺 (zh) (xiánxiàn)

• Czech: slinná žláza f
• Danish: spytkirtel (da) c
• Dutch: speekselklier (nl) m or f
• Estonian: süljenääre
• Finnish: sylkirauhanen (fi)
• French: glande salivaire (fr) f
• German: Speicheldrüse (de) f
• Hawaiian: lōkuʻu hāʻae
• Hungarian: nyálmirigy (hu)
• Irish: faireog sheileach f
• Italian: ghiandola salivare f
• Japanese: 唾液腺 (ja) (だえきせん, daekisen)
• Korean: 침샘 (chimsaem), 타액선(唾液腺) (taaekseon)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: rijênê lîkê m, lîkerijên m

• Macedonian: плунковна жлезда f (plunkovna žlezda)
• Māori: repe hūware
• Nogai: силекей бези (silekey bezi)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: spyttkjertel m

• Polish: ślinianka (pl) f, gruczoł ślinowy m
• Portuguese: glândula salivar f
• Romanian: glandă salivară (ro) f
• Russian: слю́нная железа́ (ru) f (sljúnnaja železá)
• Slovak: slinná žľaza f
• Slovene: žleza slinavka f, slinavka f
• Spanish: glándula salival (es) f
• Swedish: spottkörtel (sv) c
• Tagalog: katasang-laway
• Thai: ต่อมน้ำลาย (dtɔ̀m-nám-laai)
• Turkish: tükürük bezi, tükürük bezleri (tr)
• Ukrainian: сли́нна за́лоза f (slýnna záloza)
• Vietnamese: tuyến bước bọt
• Welsh: chwarren boer f