English Explanatory Dictionary

glandular

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Pertaining to a gland or glands.
  2. Having the characteristics or function of a gland.
  3. Innate, inherent.
  4. Physical, sexual.
noun
  1. A food supplement made from glands.

Pronunciation

/ˈɡlan.djʊl.ə/ /ˈɡlan.d͡ʒʊl.ə/ /ˈɡlan.ʒʊl.ə/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-glandular.wav /ˈɡlæn.d͡ʒəl.ɚ/

Word forms

glandular glandulars

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.

Synonyms

glandulous

Derived words

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

Bulgarian: жлезист Catalan: glandular Chinese Mandarin: 腺的 Czech: žlázový Czech: glandulární Dutch: ingeboren French: glandulaire Galician: glandular German: glanduläre German: drüsig Ancient Greek: ἀδενοειδής Hindi: स्रावी Ido: glandala Italian: ghiandolare Japanese: 腺状の Korean: 선 Latin: glandularis Lithuanian: liaukinis Portuguese: glandular Russian: желе́зистый Russian: гландуля́рный Spanish: glandular Turkish: bezsel Volapük: glanik Welsh: chwarennol
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