glandular
/'glændjulə/ Cách viết khác : (glandulous) /'glændjuləs/
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Definition
- 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
- relating to or affecting or functioning as a gland
- glandular malfunctions