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- Gland - n. - An organ for secreting something to be used in, or eliminated from, the body; as, the sebaceous glands of the skin; the salivary glands of the mouth.
- Gland - n. - An organ or part which resembles a secreting, or true, gland, as the ductless, lymphatic, pineal, and pituitary glands, the functions of which are very imperfectly known.
- Gland - n. - A special organ of plants, usually minute and globular, which often secretes some kind of resinous, gummy, or aromatic product.
- Gland - n. - Any very small prominence.
- Gland - n. - The movable part of a stuffing box by which the packing is compressed; -- sometimes called a follower. See Illust. of Stuffing box, under Stuffing.
- Gland - n. - The crosspiece of a bayonet clutch.
- Glandage - n. - A feeding on nuts or mast.
- Glandered - a. - Affected with glanders; as, a glandered horse.
- Glanderous - a. - Of or pertaining to glanders; of the nature of glanders.
- Glanders - n. - A highly contagious and very destructive disease of horses, asses, mules, etc., characterized by a constant discharge of sticky matter from the nose, and an enlargement and induration of the glands beneath and within the lower jaw. It may transmitted to dogs, goats, sheep, and to human beings.
- Glandes - pl. - of Glans
- Glandiferous - a. - Bearing acorns or other nuts; as, glandiferous trees.
- Glandiform - a. - Having the form of a gland or nut; resembling a gland.
- Glandular - a. - Containing or supporting glands; consisting of glands; pertaining to glands.
- Glandulation - n. - The situation and structure of the secretory vessels in plants.
- Glandule - n. - A small gland or secreting vessel.
- Glanduliferous - a. - Bearing glandules.
- Glandulose - a. - Same as Glandulous.
- Glandulosity - n. - Quality of being glandulous; a collection of glands.
- Glandulous - a. - Containing glands; consisting of glands; pertaining to glands; resembling glands.
- Vitellogene - n. - A gland secreting the yolk of the eggs in trematodes, turbellarians, and some other helminths.
- Harderian - a. - A term applied to a lachrymal gland on the inner side of the orbit of many animals which have a third eyelid, or nictitating membrane. See Nictitating membrane, under Nictitate.
- Pancreas - n. - The sweetbread, a gland connected with the intestine of nearly all vertebrates. It is usually elongated and light-colored, and its secretion, called the pancreatic juice, is discharged, often together with the bile, into the upper part of the intestines, and is a powerful aid in digestion. See Illust. of Digestive apparatus.
- Glandule - n. - A small gland or secreting vessel.
- Glandiform - a. - Having the form of a gland or nut; resembling a gland.
- Sting - v. t. - A sharp-pointed hollow hair seated on a gland which secrets an acrid fluid, as in nettles. The points of these hairs usually break off in the wound, and the acrid fluid is pressed into it.
- Follicle - n. - A simple gland or glandular cavity; a crypt.
- Sweetbread - n. - Either the thymus gland or the pancreas, the former being called neck, / throat, sweetbread, the latter belly sweetbread. The sweetbreads of ruminants, esp. of the calf, are highly esteemed as food. See Pancreas, and Thymus.
- Collar - n. - A ring or round flange upon, surrounding, or against an object, and used for restraining motion within given limits, or for holding something to its place, or for hiding an opening around an object; as, a collar on a shaft, used to prevent endwise motion of the shaft; a collar surrounding a stovepipe at the place where it enters a wall. The flanges of a piston and the gland of a stuffing box are sometimes called collars.
- Prostate - a. - Standing before; -- applied to a gland which is found in the males of most mammals, and is situated at the neck of the bladder where this joins the urethra.
- Venomous - a. - Having a poison gland or glands for the secretion of venom, as certain serpents and insects.
- Adenotomy - n. - Dissection of, or incision into, a gland or glands.
- Lenticel - n. - A small, lens-shaped gland on the under side of some leaves.
- Parotid - a. - Situated near the ear; -- applied especially to the salivary gland near the ear.
- Purpuriparous - a. - Producing, or connected with, a purple-colored secretion; as, the purpuriparous gland of certain gastropods.
- Retinaculum - n. - A small gland or process to which bodies are attached; as, the glandular retinacula to which the pollinia of orchids are attached, or the hooks which support the seeds in many acanthaceous plants.
- Hepato-pancreas - n. - A digestive gland in Crustacea, Mollusca, etc., usually called the liver, but different from the liver of vertebrates.
- Ganglion - n. - A node, or gland in the lymphatic system; as, a lymphatic ganglion.