Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Relating to or affecting a gland: Describes something that is connected to, involves, or impacts a gland, which is an organ in the body that produces and releases substances like hormones or sweat.
   • Functioning as a gland: Describes tissue or cells that perform the secretory function of a gland.

Examples of Usage

• Adjective:
  • The patient exhibited glandular swelling under the jaw. (The swelling was related to the salivary glands.)
  • Hormones are produced by glandular tissue. (The tissue functions like a gland.)
  • A glandular fever, like infectious mononucleosis, affects the lymph glands.

Advanced Usage

• "Glandular system": Refers to the collective system of glands in the body, such as the endocrine and exocrine glands.

  • The endocrine and exocrine systems together form the glandular system.

• "Glandular epithelium": A type of tissue composed of cells specialized for secretion.

  • The stomach lining contains glandular epithelium that secretes digestive juices.

Variants and Related Words

• Gland (n): The organ itself (e.g., ).
• Glandulous (adj): A less common synonym for .
• Exocrine (adj): Relating to glands that secrete their products through ducts (e.g., sweat glands).
• Endocrine (adj): Relating to glands that secrete hormones directly into the bloodstream (e.g., pituitary gland).

Synonyms

• Secretory: Pertaining to or involved in secretion.
• Adenoid (in specific medical contexts, relating to gland-like tissue).

Related Phrases (Not Phrasal Verbs)

• Glandular disorder: A medical condition affecting the glands.

  • Cushing's syndrome is a glandular disorder involving the adrenal glands.

• Glandular secretion: The substance produced and released by a gland.

  • Saliva is a glandular secretion.

Related Idioms

(This word is primarily technical/scientific and is not commonly used in idiomatic expressions.)

Adjective

1. relating to or affecting or functioning as a gland
   • glandular malfunctions