'Gland' definitions:
Definition of 'gland'
From: WordNet
noun
Any of various organs that synthesize substances needed by the body and release it through ducts or directly into the bloodstream [syn: gland, secretory organ, secretor, secreter]
Definition of 'Gland'
From: GCIDE
- Gland \Gland\, n. [F. glande, L. glans, glandis, acorn; akin to Gr. ? for ?, and ? to cast, throw, the acorn being the dropped fruit. Cf. Parable, n.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. (Anat.) (a) An organ for secreting something to be used in, or eliminated from, the body; as, the sebaceous glands of the skin; the salivary glands of the mouth. (b) An organ or part which resembles a secreting, or true, gland, as the ductless, lymphatic, pineal, and pituitary glands, the functions of which are very imperfectly known. [1913 Webster]
- Note: The true secreting glands are, in principle, narrow pouches of the mucous membranes, or of the integument, lined with a continuation of the epithelium, or of the epidermis, the cells of which produce the secretion from the blood. In the larger glands, the pouches are tubular, greatly elongated, and coiled, as in the sweat glands, or subdivided and branched, making compound and racemose glands, such as the pancreas. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Bot.) (a) A special organ of plants, usually minute and globular, which often secretes some kind of resinous, gummy, or aromatic product. (b) Any very small prominence. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Steam Mach.) The movable part of a stuffing box by which the packing is compressed; -- sometimes called a follower. See Illust. of Stuffing box, under Stuffing. [1913 Webster]
- 4. (Mach.) The crosspiece of a bayonet clutch. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'gland'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- acromegaly,
- adrenal,
- breast,
- choriocarcinoma,
- cretinism,
- diabetes,
- diabetes insipidus,
- diabetes mellitus,
- dwarfism,
- gasket,
- giantism,
- hyperglycemia,
- hyperparathyroidism,
- hypo-ovarianism,
- hypothyroidism,
- liver,
- mamma,
- mammary gland,
- ovary,
- packing,
- padding,
- pancreas,
- panhypopituitarism,
- pheochromocytoma,
- pineal body,
- prostate,
- prostate gland,
- sexual precocity,
- spermary,
- stopping,
- stuffing,
- tampon,
- testicle,
- thyroid,
- thyroid gland,
- thyrotoxicosis,
- toxic goiter,
- wadding
Words containing 'Gland'
- Glandes,
- Bronchial glands,
- Coccygeal glands,
- Cowper's glands,
- Germ gland,
- Green gland,
- Lieberkuhn's glands,
- Lymphatic gland,
- Meibomian glands,
- Parotid gland,
- Peyer's glands,
- Pineal gland,
- Pituitary gland,
- Poison gland,
- Renal glands,
- Sebaceous glands,
- Shell gland,
- Silk gland,
- Spinning gland,
- Sudoriferous glands,
- Sweat glands,
- Thymus gland,
- Thyroid gland,
- Uropygial gland,
- Yolk gland,
- adrenal gland,
- apocrine gland,
- bartholin's gland,
- bulbourethral gland,
- cervical glands,
- conglobate gland,
- cowper's gland,
- digestive gland,
- duct gland,
- ductless gland,
- eccrine gland,
- endocrine gland,
- exocrine gland,
- gland disease,
- honey gland,
- lachrymal gland,
- lacrimal gland,
- lymph gland,
- mammary gland,
- mandibular gland,
- meibomian gland,
- nabothian gland,
- oil gland,
- parathyroid gland,
- peter's gland,
- preen gland,
- prostate gland,
- salivary gland,
- sebaceous gland,
- sex gland,
- sublingual gland,
- submandibular gland,
- submaxillary gland,
- sudoriferous gland,
- suprarenal gland,
- sweat gland,
- tarsal gland,
- tear gland,
- vestibular gland,
- anterior pituitary gland,
- cervical glands of the uterus,
- male reproductive gland,
- posterior pituitary gland,
- sublingual salivary gland,
- submandibular salivary gland,
- submaxillary salivary gland,
- central vein of suprarenal gland