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gland

1

[ gland ]

noun

  1. Anatomy.
    1. a cell, group of cells, or organ producing a secretion.
    2. any of various organs or structures resembling the shape but not the function of true glands.
  2. Botany. a secreting organ or structure.


gland

2

[ gland ]

noun

, Machinery.
  1. a sleeve within a stuffing box, fitted over a shaft or valve stem and tightened against compressible packing in such a way as to prevent leakage of fluid while allowing the shaft or stem to move; lantern ring.

gland

1

/ ɡlænd /

noun

  1. a cell or organ in man and other animals that synthesizes chemical substances and secretes them for the body to use or eliminate, either through a duct (exocrine gland) or directly into the bloodstream (endocrine gland) See also exocrine gland endocrine gland
  2. a structure, such as a lymph node, that resembles a gland in form
  3. a cell or organ in plants that synthesizes and secretes a particular substance
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


gland

2

/ ɡlænd /

noun

  1. a device that prevents leakage of fluid along a rotating shaft or reciprocating rod passing through a boundary between areas of high and low pressure. It often consists of a flanged metal sleeve bedding into a stuffing box
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

gland

/ glănd /

  1. An organ or group of specialized cells in the body that produces and secretes a specific substance, such as a hormone.
  2. See also endocrine gland


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Derived Forms

  • ˈglandˌlike, adjective
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Other Words From

  • glandless adjective
  • glandlike adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of gland1

1685–95; < Latin gland- (stem of glāns acorn); compare Italian ghianda

Origin of gland2

First recorded in 1830–40; origin uncertain
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Word History and Origins

Origin of gland1

C17: from Latin glāns acorn

Origin of gland2

C19: of unknown origin
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Example Sentences

In one recent study, a Stanford team made 34 modifications to the yeast’s DNA to chemically assemble a molecule with widespread effects on human muscles, glands, and tissue.

Dawson discovered that her glands were barely producing cortisol, a hormone critical to vital body functions.

From Time

He and others recently showed where the saliva glands get some of the major proteins they put into human saliva.

“I can easily see something like that being the precursor of the protrusible gland,” says Rodrigues.

The researchers think a large, protrusible pheromone gland with lots of surface area could be a workaround, more efficiently dispersing pheromones to be detected by the antennae of would-be suitors.

Others who, because of a tumor in the pituitary gland, may overproduce HGH develop a different problem: gigantism.

Carrey sings: "You're a big, big man with a little bitty gland, so you need something bigger with a hairpin trigger."

HGH is a hormone normally made in tiny amounts by the pituitary gland in all of us.

To decimate the malformation, destroying the offending oil gland once it morphs into something with a head.

The thymus gland attains a considerable development in the embryo and shrinks away to the merest vestige in the adult.

The strong probability is that this gland belongs in the same category with other embryonic survivals yet to be pointed out.

It is nearly always accompanied by a distinct hypertrophy of the thymus gland.

I want a ball bat to club every country jake doctor that looks me over and asks about my pituitary gland.

The mucus secreted from gland cells in this lining makes a slippery surface so that the food may slip down easily.

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