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GLAND
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any of various organs that synthesize substances needed by the body and release it through ducts or directly into the bloodstream
Synonyms:
gland; secreter; secretor; secretory organ
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("gland" is a kind of...):
organ (a fully differentiated structural and functional unit in an animal that is specialized for some particular function)
Meronyms (parts of "gland"):
acinus (one of the small sacs or saclike dilations in a compound gland)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "gland"):
green gland (one of a pair of glands (believed to have excretory functions) in some crustaceans near the base of the large antennae)
sericterium; serictery; silk gland (silk-producing gland of insects (especially of a silkworm) or spiders)
duct gland; exocrine; exocrine gland (a gland that secretes externally through a duct)
ductless gland; endocrine; endocrine gland (any of the glands of the endocrine system that secrete hormones directly into the bloodstream)
Derivation:
glandular (relating to or affecting or functioning as a gland)
Context examples:
He’d had the quinsy and swollen glands when he was young, he told me, and it had left him with a weak throat, and a hesitating, whispering fashion of speech.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
A morphologic variant of acinar adenocarcinoma of the prostate gland characterized by the presence of signet ring malignant cells.
(Acinar Prostate Adenocarcinoma, Signet Ring Variant, NCI Thesaurus)
A hormone made by the pineal gland (tiny organ near the center of the brain).
(Melatonin, NCI Dictionary)
A sebaceous gland in the eyelid that produces a specific type of sebum.
(Meibomian Gland, NCI Thesaurus)
They cause the glands to secrete high levels of hormones, which can lead to other medical problems, such as kidney stones, fertility problems, and severe ulcers.
(MEN1 syndrome, NCI Dictionary)
People with all subtypes of MEN2 have an increased risk of medullary thyroid cancer, pheochromocytoma, and parathyroid gland cancer.
(MEN2, NCI Dictionary)
People with all subtypes of MEN2 syndrome have an increased risk of medullary thyroid cancer, pheochromocytoma, and parathyroid gland cancer.
(MEN2 syndrome, NCI Dictionary)
A very rare pleomorphic adenoma of the salivary glands that metastasizes inexplicably, despite the benign histopathologic features.
(Metastasizing Pleomorphic Adenoma of the Salivary Gland, NCI Thesaurus)
Inflammation of the prostate gland that begins suddenly and gets worse quickly.
(Acute bacterial prostatitis, NCI Dictionary)
A usually aggressive morphologic variant of acinar adenocarcinoma of the prostate gland characterized by the presence of lakes of extracellular mucin.
(Acinar Prostate Mucinous Adenocarcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)
