英语词汇“gland”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

WORD ORIGINgland

Origin:

1600-1700 French glande, from Latin glans ‘acorn’

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES

The doctor noticed that the glands in my neck were swollen.

EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS

All girls and women have these glands but they can be more noticeable on some girls.
It does, however, express histamine H 2 receptors, which are pharmacologically indistinguishable from those on human gastric glands.
It was lymphoma, a cancer of the lymph glands, that prompted Tsongas to leave the Senate in 1984.
Melatonin, available over the counter, is a hormone produced inside the brain by the pineal gland.
Physicians found that Bryan had been born without a properly-working thymus gland.
Pieters became so wasted he was sleeping 22 hours a day after his treatment and his adrenal glands became useless.
The larval stages occur in the gastric glands and can only be seen microscopically following processing of the gastric mucosa.
Tiny glands at the bottom of these pits produce stomach acid.

WORD SETS► Biology

aerobic, adjectiveafterbirth, nounalgae, nounalimentary canal, nounamber, nounameba, nounamino acid, nounamoeba, nounanaconda, nounanaerobic, adjectiveandrogynous, adjectiveantibody, nounantigen, nounantitoxin, nounappendage, nounarm, nounarmour, nounasexual, adjectiveassimilation, nounatrophy, verbaviary, nounbacteria, nounbacteriology, nounbarnacle, nounbile, nounbinocular vision, nounbio-, prefixbiochemistry, nounbiodegradable, adjectivebiodiversity, nounbiohazard, nounbiological, adjectivebiological clock, nounbiology, nounbiomass, nounbiome, nounbiosphere, nounblind, nounbrain, nounbreathe, verbbreed, verbbreed, nounbreeding, nounbristle, nounbulb, nouncapsule, nouncarbohydrate, nouncarbon dioxide, nouncarnivore, nouncell, nouncellular, adjectivecellulose, nouncentral nervous system, nouncervical, adjectivecholesterol, nounchromosome, nouncirculation, nouncirculatory, adjectiveclass, nounclone, nouncold-blooded, adjectiveconceive, verbconch, nounconnective tissue, nouncopulate, verbcoral reef, nouncornea, nouncoronary, adjectivecorpuscle, nouncortex, nouncortisone, nouncowrie, nouncrab, nouncrawfish, nouncrayfish, nouncreature, nouncross, verbcrossbreed, nounculture, nouncytoplasm, noundecay, verbdecay, noundecompose, verbdefecate, verbdenizen, noundextrose, noundiaphragm, noundigest, verbdigestion, noundigestive, adjectiveDNA, noundorsal, adjectivedry rot, nounduct, noundwarf, noundwarf, adjectiveecological, adjectiveecology, nounecosystem, nounegg, nounejaculate, verbembryo, nounembryonic, adjectiveenzyme, nounepidermis, nounevolution, nounevolutionary, adjectiveexcrement, nounexcrescence, nounexcrete, verbexcretion, nounexhale, verbexoskeleton, nounextinction, nounfaeces, nounfamily, nounfang, nounfat, nounfatty acid, nounfauna, nounfeces, nounfeed, verbfemale, adjectivefemale, nounferment, verbferment, nounfertile, adjectivefertility, nounfertilize, verbfission, nounflank, nounflatulence, nounflesh, nounfleshy, adjectiveflightless, adjectiveflora, nounfoetal, adjectivefoetus, nounfoliage, nounfossil, nounfreak, nounfreshwater, adjectivefructose, noungamete, nounganglion, noungene, noungene pool, noungenera, genetic, adjectivegenetic code, noungenetic engineering, noungenetic fingerprinting, noungenetics, noungenome, noungenus, noungestation, noungland, nounglandular, adjectiveglucose, noungluten, noungonad, noungrass snake, noungrow, verbgrowth, nounhabitat, nounhaemoglobin, nounhearing, nounheart, nounhemisphere, nounherbivore, nounhereditary, adjectiveheredity, nounhermaphrodite, nounhibernate, verbhistamine, nounhoming, adjectivehormone, nounhost, nounimpregnate, verbimpulse, nounincubate, verbindigenous, adjectiveinfected, adjectiveinfertile, adjectiveinfest, verbingest, verbinhale, verbinseminate, verbinsensate, adjectiveinsulin, nounintegument, nounintercourse, nouninterferon, nounintestine, nouninvertebrate, nouninvoluntary, adjectiveiris, nounjaw, nounjelly, nounkidney, nounkrill, nounlactate, verblactation, nounlactic acid, nounleech, nounleg, nounlesser, adjectivelichen, nounlife, nounlife cycle, nounlife form, nounligament, nounlimb, nounlimpet, nounlipid, nounliver, nounliving fossil, nounlocomotion, nounlymph, nounlymph node, nounmale, adjectivemale, nounmammal, nounmandible, nounmate, nounmate, verbmembrane, nounmetabolism, nounmetabolize, verbmetamorphosis, nounmicrobe, nounmicrobiology, nounmicroorganism, nounmicroscopic, adjectivemigrate, verbmigratory, adjectivemiscarriage, nounmolar, nounmorphology, nounmotor, adjectivemould, nounmouth, nounmucous membrane, nounmucus, nounmulticellular, adjectivemuscle, nounmuscular, adjectivemutant, nounmutate, verbmutation, nounnatural history, nounnatural selection, nounnature, nounneck, nounnectar, nounnerve, nounnervous, adjectivenervous system, nounneural, adjectiveneuro-, prefixneurology, nounnode, nounnose, nounnostril, nounnucleic acid, nounnucleus, nounnutrient, nounnutriment, nounoesophagus, nounoestrogen, nounolfactory, adjectiveoptic, adjectiveorgan, nounorganic, adjectiveorganic chemistry, nounorganism, nounorifice, nounossify, verbosteo-, prefixoutgrowth, nounova, ovary, nounoverwinter, verboviduct, nounoviparous, adjectiveovulate, verbovum, nounparasite, nounpathogen, nounpedigree, nounpelvic, adjectivepelvis, nounpenile, adjectivepenis, nounpepsin, nounperiod, nounperspiration, nounperspire, verbphotosynthesis, nounphylum, nounpigment, nounpigmentation, nounplankton, nounplasma, nounpollinate, verbpostnatal, adjectivepregnancy, nounpregnant, adjectivepremature, adjectiveprenatal, adjectiveproduct, nounproliferation, nounpropagate, verbprotein, nounprotoplasm, nounprotozoan, nounpuberty, nounpulmonary, adjectivepulp, nounpulsation, nounputrefy, verbputrid, adjectivered blood cell, nounregurgitate, verbrenal, adjectivereproduce, verbreproduction, nounreproductive, adjectiverespiration, nounrespiratory, adjectiverespire, verbretina, nounroot, nounrot, verbrot, nounruff, nounsac, nounsaliva, nounsalivary gland, nounsalivate, verbsaltwater, adjectivescale, nounscallop, nounscaly, adjectivesebaceous, adjectivesecrete, verbsecretion, nounsemen, nounsense organ, nounsensory, adjectiveserum, nounsex, nounsex, verbsexless, adjectivesexual intercourse, nounsheath, nounshell, nounsibling, nounskeletal, adjectiveskeleton, nounskin, nounskull, nounspasm, nounspasmodic, adjectivespecies, nounspecimen, nounsperm, nounspiderweb, nounspinal cord, nounspine, nounspineless, adjectivestarch, nounstem cell, nounstimulate, verbstimulus, nounstrain, nounsubject, nounsubspecies, nounsucker, nounsucrose, nounsweat, verbsweat, nounsweat gland, nounsymbiosis, nounsystemic, adjectivetail, nountaxonomy, nounteeth, testosterone, nountest-tube baby, nountissue, nountrachea, nountube, noununicellular, adjectiveurethra, nounuric, adjectiveurinate, verburine, nounvariety, nounvector, nounvein, nounvenom, nounvenomous, adjectiveventricle, nounvertebra, nounvertebrate, nounvivisection, nounwarm-blooded, adjectivewean, verbwildlife, nounwindpipe, nounyolk, noun

COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE► adrenal

· Pieters became so wasted he was sleeping 22 hours a day after his treatment and his adrenal glands became useless.· In the case of estriol, the placenta utilizes a dehydroepiandrosterone precursor made in the adrenal glands of the fetus.

► gastric

· It does, however, express histamine H 2 receptors, which are pharmacologically indistinguishable from those on human gastric glands.· The larval stages occur in the gastric glands and can only be seen microscopically following processing of the gastric mucosa.

► pineal

· Crow split his enemy's skull to the pineal gland.· Melatonin, available over the counter, is a hormone produced inside the brain by the pineal gland.· In reality it is a membrane, the pineal gland, regarded in the East as the seat of extra-sensory perception.· Once, it seems, the pineal gland was an eye.· The pineal gland is a small structure buried deep on the brain.

► pituitary

· Also an enlargement of the pituitary gland is clearly correlated with large size, almost as if some kind of hormonal imbalance occurred.· Leptin is thought to signal the brain through the hypothalamus, an organ that interacts with the pituitary gland.· Bovine brain extracts and bovine pituitary glands have been identified as enriched sources of a mitogenic activity.· The disease has also been linked to treatment with human growth hormones extracted from pituitary glands after death.· Growth hormone is a protein made in the pituitary gland at the base of the brain.

► salivary

· This short-tailed shrew can inflict an unpleasant bite with the help of spittle from its venomous salivary glands.· I had great smell, excellent salivary glands, powerful tear ducts, and the vision of an old mole.· The snake's venom glands are modified salivary glands, and the venom modified saliva.· Twenty one days post-infection, flies were dissected and infected salivary glands were injected into mice.· Binge-eating can cause menstrual disturbances, acute swelling of the stomach and also salivary gland enlargement.· The venom glands are modified salivary glands located in the lower jaws.· After so long eating recycled meals on Belial, her salivary glands sprang into life with sharp little pangs of anticipation.· Immunohistological investigation shows the same changes in the gastrointestinal mucosa as seen in the salivary glands.

► sebaceous

· Sufferers tend to have greasy skin due to an increase in the secretion of sebum, the oily substance from the sebaceous glands.

► swollen

· Sore throat with swollen glands and a stiff neck.· These may include night sweats, swollen glands, weight loss or a persistent cough.· Yellow, green discharges too. Swollen glands in weak, sickly, pale, exhausted people.

► thyroid

· Rich in easily assimilable vitamins, minerals and trace elements which are essential for the thyroid gland.· Thyroxine is produced by the thyroid gland.· They are used in medicine for the treatment of cancer and to detect thyroid gland disorders.· Iodine 131, also a gamma and beta emitter, is particularly hazardous to the thyroid gland.· Other medical conditions, such as an overactive thyroid gland, occasionally cause similar symptoms.· This was said to be because of the risk of radioactive iodine emitted during the fire getting into people's thyroid glands.· Graves's disease is a malfunction of the body's immune system whereby antibodies mistakenly attack the thyroid gland.· Those species studied have large thyroid glands and a high level of circulating thyroid hormones.

NOUN► lymph

· There is usually a painless swelling of the lymph glands which drain the area of the primary sore.· These antibodies are produced by the B cells in our lymph glands.· Cancer of the lymph glands, he's got.· Swollen lymph glands, then, are evidence that the body is busy manufacturing antibodies to some outside invader.· It was lymphoma, a cancer of the lymph glands, that prompted Tsongas to leave the Senate in 1984.

► prostate

· This includes massaging the prostate gland and massaging the urethra over a metal sound.· The largest and most important of these is the prostate gland.· The adult rat provides another example: it has been found that cells in its prostate gland need the hormone testosterone.· Some men have an additional problem because an enlarged prostate gland can cause almost permanent incontinence.

► sweat

· You have more sweat glands and blood vessels per square inch in your scalp than any other part of your body.· Fat in round globules like pebbles, hair-roots like grass, capillary loops and sweat glands like worm tunnels.· There is no evidence to suggest that sweat glands and their receptors remain unchanged after nerve degeneration.· Still, although your paws are covered with sweat glands, you might like to walk around on the damp grass first.· As mentioned before, sweat is produced from the sweat glands in the skin.

► venom

· It is curious, too, to note that echidnas also possess spurs but their venom gland is non-functional.· In its dorsal and pectoral fins this fish has spines equipped with venom glands.· The snake's venom glands are modified salivary glands, and the venom modified saliva.· Almost all the major fins possess spines and venom glands.· The venom glands are modified salivary glands located in the lower jaws.· The venom gland contracts and the venom shoots through a special canal into the wound.· The fangs are hollow and are linked to a venom gland.· The hollow spur is connected to a venom gland situated behind the knee, and can inflict an agonising wound.

VERB► produce

· As mentioned before, sweat is produced from the sweat glands in the skin.· Thyroxine is produced by the thyroid gland.

单词	gland
释义	glandgland /ɡlænd/ ●○○ noun [countable] Word Origin WORD ORIGINgland Origin: 1600-1700 French glande, from Latin glans ‘acorn’ Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES The doctor noticed that the glands in my neck were swollen. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS All girls and women have these glands but they can be more noticeable on some girls. It does, however, express histamine H 2 receptors, which are pharmacologically indistinguishable from those on human gastric glands. It was lymphoma, a cancer of the lymph glands, that prompted Tsongas to leave the Senate in 1984. Melatonin, available over the counter, is a hormone produced inside the brain by the pineal gland. Physicians found that Bryan had been born without a properly-working thymus gland. Pieters became so wasted he was sleeping 22 hours a day after his treatment and his adrenal glands became useless. The larval stages occur in the gastric glands and can only be seen microscopically following processing of the gastric mucosa. Tiny glands at the bottom of these pits produce stomach acid. word sets WORD SETS► Biology aerobic, adjectiveafterbirth, nounalgae, nounalimentary canal, nounamber, nounameba, nounamino acid, nounamoeba, nounanaconda, nounanaerobic, adjectiveandrogynous, adjectiveantibody, nounantigen, nounantitoxin, nounappendage, nounarm, nounarmour, nounasexual, adjectiveassimilation, nounatrophy, verbaviary, nounbacteria, nounbacteriology, nounbarnacle, nounbile, nounbinocular vision, nounbio-, prefixbiochemistry, nounbiodegradable, adjectivebiodiversity, nounbiohazard, nounbiological, adjectivebiological clock, nounbiology, nounbiomass, nounbiome, nounbiosphere, nounblind, nounbrain, nounbreathe, verbbreed, verbbreed, nounbreeding, nounbristle, nounbulb, nouncapsule, nouncarbohydrate, nouncarbon dioxide, nouncarnivore, nouncell, nouncellular, adjectivecellulose, nouncentral nervous system, nouncervical, adjectivecholesterol, nounchromosome, nouncirculation, nouncirculatory, adjectiveclass, nounclone, nouncold-blooded, adjectiveconceive, verbconch, nounconnective tissue, nouncopulate, verbcoral reef, nouncornea, nouncoronary, adjectivecorpuscle, nouncortex, nouncortisone, nouncowrie, nouncrab, nouncrawfish, nouncrayfish, nouncreature, nouncross, verbcrossbreed, nounculture, nouncytoplasm, noundecay, verbdecay, noundecompose, verbdefecate, verbdenizen, noundextrose, noundiaphragm, noundigest, verbdigestion, noundigestive, adjectiveDNA, noundorsal, adjectivedry rot, nounduct, noundwarf, noundwarf, adjectiveecological, adjectiveecology, nounecosystem, nounegg, nounejaculate, verbembryo, nounembryonic, adjectiveenzyme, nounepidermis, nounevolution, nounevolutionary, adjectiveexcrement, nounexcrescence, nounexcrete, verbexcretion, nounexhale, verbexoskeleton, nounextinction, nounfaeces, nounfamily, nounfang, nounfat, nounfatty acid, nounfauna, nounfeces, nounfeed, verbfemale, adjectivefemale, nounferment, verbferment, nounfertile, adjectivefertility, nounfertilize, verbfission, nounflank, nounflatulence, nounflesh, nounfleshy, adjectiveflightless, adjectiveflora, nounfoetal, adjectivefoetus, nounfoliage, nounfossil, nounfreak, nounfreshwater, adjectivefructose, noungamete, nounganglion, noungene, noungene pool, noungenera, genetic, adjectivegenetic code, noungenetic engineering, noungenetic fingerprinting, noungenetics, noungenome, noungenus, noungestation, noungland, nounglandular, adjectiveglucose, noungluten, noungonad, noungrass snake, noungrow, verbgrowth, nounhabitat, nounhaemoglobin, nounhearing, nounheart, nounhemisphere, nounherbivore, nounhereditary, adjectiveheredity, nounhermaphrodite, nounhibernate, verbhistamine, nounhoming, adjectivehormone, nounhost, nounimpregnate, verbimpulse, nounincubate, verbindigenous, adjectiveinfected, adjectiveinfertile, adjectiveinfest, verbingest, verbinhale, verbinseminate, verbinsensate, adjectiveinsulin, nounintegument, nounintercourse, nouninterferon, nounintestine, nouninvertebrate, nouninvoluntary, adjectiveiris, nounjaw, nounjelly, nounkidney, nounkrill, nounlactate, verblactation, nounlactic acid, nounleech, nounleg, nounlesser, adjectivelichen, nounlife, nounlife cycle, nounlife form, nounligament, nounlimb, nounlimpet, nounlipid, nounliver, nounliving fossil, nounlocomotion, nounlymph, nounlymph node, nounmale, adjectivemale, nounmammal, nounmandible, nounmate, nounmate, verbmembrane, nounmetabolism, nounmetabolize, verbmetamorphosis, nounmicrobe, nounmicrobiology, nounmicroorganism, nounmicroscopic, adjectivemigrate, verbmigratory, adjectivemiscarriage, nounmolar, nounmorphology, nounmotor, adjectivemould, nounmouth, nounmucous membrane, nounmucus, nounmulticellular, adjectivemuscle, nounmuscular, adjectivemutant, nounmutate, verbmutation, nounnatural history, nounnatural selection, nounnature, nounneck, nounnectar, nounnerve, nounnervous, adjectivenervous system, nounneural, adjectiveneuro-, prefixneurology, nounnode, nounnose, nounnostril, nounnucleic acid, nounnucleus, nounnutrient, nounnutriment, nounoesophagus, nounoestrogen, nounolfactory, adjectiveoptic, adjectiveorgan, nounorganic, adjectiveorganic chemistry, nounorganism, nounorifice, nounossify, verbosteo-, prefixoutgrowth, nounova, ovary, nounoverwinter, verboviduct, nounoviparous, adjectiveovulate, verbovum, nounparasite, nounpathogen, nounpedigree, nounpelvic, adjectivepelvis, nounpenile, adjectivepenis, nounpepsin, nounperiod, nounperspiration, nounperspire, verbphotosynthesis, nounphylum, nounpigment, nounpigmentation, nounplankton, nounplasma, nounpollinate, verbpostnatal, adjectivepregnancy, nounpregnant, adjectivepremature, adjectiveprenatal, adjectiveproduct, nounproliferation, nounpropagate, verbprotein, nounprotoplasm, nounprotozoan, nounpuberty, nounpulmonary, adjectivepulp, nounpulsation, nounputrefy, verbputrid, adjectivered blood cell, nounregurgitate, verbrenal, adjectivereproduce, verbreproduction, nounreproductive, adjectiverespiration, nounrespiratory, adjectiverespire, verbretina, nounroot, nounrot, verbrot, nounruff, nounsac, nounsaliva, nounsalivary gland, nounsalivate, verbsaltwater, adjectivescale, nounscallop, nounscaly, adjectivesebaceous, adjectivesecrete, verbsecretion, nounsemen, nounsense organ, nounsensory, adjectiveserum, nounsex, nounsex, verbsexless, adjectivesexual intercourse, nounsheath, nounshell, nounsibling, nounskeletal, adjectiveskeleton, nounskin, nounskull, nounspasm, nounspasmodic, adjectivespecies, nounspecimen, nounsperm, nounspiderweb, nounspinal cord, nounspine, nounspineless, adjectivestarch, nounstem cell, nounstimulate, verbstimulus, nounstrain, nounsubject, nounsubspecies, nounsucker, nounsucrose, nounsweat, verbsweat, nounsweat gland, nounsymbiosis, nounsystemic, adjectivetail, nountaxonomy, nounteeth, testosterone, nountest-tube baby, nountissue, nountrachea, nountube, noununicellular, adjectiveurethra, nounuric, adjectiveurinate, verburine, nounvariety, nounvector, nounvein, nounvenom, nounvenomous, adjectiveventricle, nounvertebra, nounvertebrate, nounvivisection, nounwarm-blooded, adjectivewean, verbwildlife, nounwindpipe, nounyolk, noun Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE► adrenal · Pieters became so wasted he was sleeping 22 hours a day after his treatment and his adrenal glands became useless.· In the case of estriol, the placenta utilizes a dehydroepiandrosterone precursor made in the adrenal glands of the fetus. ► gastric · It does, however, express histamine H 2 receptors, which are pharmacologically indistinguishable from those on human gastric glands.· The larval stages occur in the gastric glands and can only be seen microscopically following processing of the gastric mucosa. ► pineal · Crow split his enemy's skull to the pineal gland.· Melatonin, available over the counter, is a hormone produced inside the brain by the pineal gland.· In reality it is a membrane, the pineal gland, regarded in the East as the seat of extra-sensory perception.· Once, it seems, the pineal gland was an eye.· The pineal gland is a small structure buried deep on the brain. ► pituitary · Also an enlargement of the pituitary gland is clearly correlated with large size, almost as if some kind of hormonal imbalance occurred.· Leptin is thought to signal the brain through the hypothalamus, an organ that interacts with the pituitary gland.· Bovine brain extracts and bovine pituitary glands have been identified as enriched sources of a mitogenic activity.· The disease has also been linked to treatment with human growth hormones extracted from pituitary glands after death.· Growth hormone is a protein made in the pituitary gland at the base of the brain. ► salivary · This short-tailed shrew can inflict an unpleasant bite with the help of spittle from its venomous salivary glands.· I had great smell, excellent salivary glands, powerful tear ducts, and the vision of an old mole.· The snake's venom glands are modified salivary glands, and the venom modified saliva.· Twenty one days post-infection, flies were dissected and infected salivary glands were injected into mice.· Binge-eating can cause menstrual disturbances, acute swelling of the stomach and also salivary gland enlargement.· The venom glands are modified salivary glands located in the lower jaws.· After so long eating recycled meals on Belial, her salivary glands sprang into life with sharp little pangs of anticipation.· Immunohistological investigation shows the same changes in the gastrointestinal mucosa as seen in the salivary glands. ► sebaceous · Sufferers tend to have greasy skin due to an increase in the secretion of sebum, the oily substance from the sebaceous glands. ► swollen · Sore throat with swollen glands and a stiff neck.· These may include night sweats, swollen glands, weight loss or a persistent cough.· Yellow, green discharges too. Swollen glands in weak, sickly, pale, exhausted people. ► thyroid · Rich in easily assimilable vitamins, minerals and trace elements which are essential for the thyroid gland.· Thyroxine is produced by the thyroid gland.· They are used in medicine for the treatment of cancer and to detect thyroid gland disorders.· Iodine 131, also a gamma and beta emitter, is particularly hazardous to the thyroid gland.· Other medical conditions, such as an overactive thyroid gland, occasionally cause similar symptoms.· This was said to be because of the risk of radioactive iodine emitted during the fire getting into people's thyroid glands.· Graves's disease is a malfunction of the body's immune system whereby antibodies mistakenly attack the thyroid gland.· Those species studied have large thyroid glands and a high level of circulating thyroid hormones. NOUN► lymph · There is usually a painless swelling of the lymph glands which drain the area of the primary sore.· These antibodies are produced by the B cells in our lymph glands.· Cancer of the lymph glands, he's got.· Swollen lymph glands, then, are evidence that the body is busy manufacturing antibodies to some outside invader.· It was lymphoma, a cancer of the lymph glands, that prompted Tsongas to leave the Senate in 1984. ► prostate · This includes massaging the prostate gland and massaging the urethra over a metal sound.· The largest and most important of these is the prostate gland.· The adult rat provides another example: it has been found that cells in its prostate gland need the hormone testosterone.· Some men have an additional problem because an enlarged prostate gland can cause almost permanent incontinence. ► sweat · You have more sweat glands and blood vessels per square inch in your scalp than any other part of your body.· Fat in round globules like pebbles, hair-roots like grass, capillary loops and sweat glands like worm tunnels.· There is no evidence to suggest that sweat glands and their receptors remain unchanged after nerve degeneration.· Still, although your paws are covered with sweat glands, you might like to walk around on the damp grass first.· As mentioned before, sweat is produced from the sweat glands in the skin. ► venom · It is curious, too, to note that echidnas also possess spurs but their venom gland is non-functional.· In its dorsal and pectoral fins this fish has spines equipped with venom glands.· The snake's venom glands are modified salivary glands, and the venom modified saliva.· Almost all the major fins possess spines and venom glands.· The venom glands are modified salivary glands located in the lower jaws.· The venom gland contracts and the venom shoots through a special canal into the wound.· The fangs are hollow and are linked to a venom gland.· The hollow spur is connected to a venom gland situated behind the knee, and can inflict an agonising wound. VERB► produce · As mentioned before, sweat is produced from the sweat glands in the skin.· Thyroxine is produced by the thyroid gland. an organ of the body which produces a substance that the body needs, such as hormones, sweat, or saliva: the pituitary gland
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