单词 | gland |
释义 | gland (once / 971 pages) n WORD FAMILY gland: glands, glandular+/glandular: glandularly USAGE EXAMPLESBecause the treatment would expose his oral structures — including the jawbone, salivary glands and teeth — to radiation, a dental evaluation was prompted. Washington Post(Dec 29, 2016) Officials say anyone with symptoms should not attend school until five days after their glands swell. Washington Times(Dec 28, 2016) I was very hesitant about a drastic step such as removing his anal glands, so I started researching, trying to find alternative causes. Washington Post(Dec 16, 2016) n any of various organs that synthesize substances needed by the body and release it through ducts or directly into the bloodstream Syn|Hypo|Hyper secreter, secretor, secretory organ 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 glandsilk-producing gland of insects (especially of a silkworm) or spiders duct gland, exocrine, exocrine glanda gland that secretes externally through a duct ductless gland, endocrine, endocrine glandany of the glands of the endocrine system that secrete hormones directly into the bloodstream oil glanda gland that secretes oil thyroid, thyroid glandlocated near the base of the neck parathyroid, parathyroid glandany one of four endocrine glands situated above or within the thyroid gland sudoriferous gland, sweat glandany of the glands in the skin that secrete perspiration adrenal, adrenal gland, suprarenal glandeither of a pair of complex endocrine glands situated near the kidney prostate, prostate glanda firm partly muscular chestnut sized gland in males at the neck of the urethra; produces a viscid secretion that is the fluid part of semen lachrymal gland, lacrimal gland, tear glandany of the glands in the eyes that secrete tears thymus, thymus glanda ductless glandular organ at the base of the neck that produces lymphocytes and aids in producing immunity; atrophies with age pancreasa large elongated exocrine gland located behind the stomach; secretes pancreatic juice and insulin hypophysis, pituitary, pituitary body, pituitary glandthe master gland of the endocrine system; located at the base of the brain adenohypophysis, anterior pituitary, anterior pituitary glandthe anterior lobe of the pituitary body; primarily glandular in nature pars anterior, pars distilisthe anterior part of the anterior pituitary pars intermediaa thin piece of tissue that has become part of the posterior pituitary neurohypophysis, pars nervosa, posterior pituitary, posterior pituitary glandthe posterior lobe of the pituitary body; primarily glandular in nature epiphysis, epiphysis cerebri, pineal body, pineal glanda small endocrine gland in the brain; situated beneath the back part of the corpus callosum; secretes melatonin islands of Langerhans, isles of Langerhans, islets of Langerhanscell clusters in the pancreas that form the endocrine part of that organ; secrete insulin and other hormones adrenal cortexthe cortex of the adrenal gland; secretes corticosterone and sex hormones adrenal medullathe medulla of the adrenal gland; secretes epinephrine corpus luteumyellow endocrine tissue that forms in a ruptured Graafian follicle following the release of an ovum; it degenerates after a few days unless pregnancy has begun Cowper's gland, bulbourethral glandeither of two glands that discharge a component of seminal fluid into the urethra; homologous to Bartholin's gland in the female cervical glands, cervical glands of the uterus, glandulae cervicales uterimucus-secreting glands in the mucosa of the uterine cervix gonad, sex glanda gland in which gametes (sex cells) are produced seminal vesicleeither of a pair of glands located on either side of the male urinary bladder that open into the vas deferens and that secrete many components of semen during ejaculation digestive glandany gland having ducts that pour secretions into the digestive tract salivary glandany of three pairs of glands in the mouth and digestive system that secrete saliva for digestion mamma, mammary glandmilk-secreting organ of female mammals nabothian glandone of many small glands of the uterine cervix that secrete mucus vestibular glanda gland that opens into the vestibule of the vagina; secretions lubricate the vagina during coitus organ a fully differentiated structural and functional unit in an animal that is specialized for some particular function |
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