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glandular en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /ˈɡlan.ʒʊl.ə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈɡlan.d͡ʒʊl.ə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˈɡlan.djʊl.ə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˈɡlæn.d͡ʒəl.ɚ/ (General-American)

Etymology

Mid 18th century borrowing from French glandulaire, from glandule (“small gland”) + -aire (“-ar, -ary”, adjectival suffix), from Latin glandulae (“glands of the throat”); equivalent to glandule + -ar.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Pertaining to a gland or glands.
    • a glandular disorder
  2. (not-comparable) Pertaining to a gland or glands. ▸ Having the characteristics or function of a gland.
  3. (not-comparable) Innate, inherent.
    • […]the almost glandular Russian instinct for adventure and romance. 1948, Newsweek:
  4. (not-comparable) Physical, sexual.

Deriveds

dermoglandular · cryptoglandular · extraglandular · subglandular · lymphoglandular · intraglandular · oculoglandular · nonglandular · pseudoglandular · tubuloglandular · multiglandular · villoglandular · microglandular · fibroglandular · neuroglandular · unglandular · eglandular · quadriglandular · musculoglandular · biglandular · aglandular · pluriglandular · polyglandular · ulceroglandular · hypoglandular · glandular fever · glandularly · uniglandular · retroglandular · interglandular · excitoglandular · periglandular · glandularity · triglandular

Synonyms

glandulous

Translations (27)

grc ἀδενοειδής (pertaining to a gland or glands) · ko(pertaining to a gland or glands) · lt liaukinis (pertaining to a gland or glands) · cs glandulární (pertaining to a gland or glands) · it ghiandolare (pertaining to a gland or glands) · fr glandulaire (pertaining to a gland or glands) · pt glandular (pertaining to a gland or glands) · ru гландуля́рный (pertaining to a gland or glands) · ca glandular (pertaining to a gland or glands) · cs žlázový (pertaining to a gland or glands) · cmn 腺的 (pertaining to a gland or glands) · fi rauhas- (pertaining to a gland or glands) · cy chwarennol (pertaining to a gland or glands) · ru желе́зистый (pertaining to a gland or glands) · vo glanik (pertaining to a gland or glands) · io glandala (pertaining to a gland or glands) · bg жлезист (pertaining to a gland or glands) · tr bezsel (pertaining to a gland or glands) · hi स्रावी (pertaining to a gland or glands) · nl ingeboren (pertaining to a gland or glands) · ja 腺状の (pertaining to a gland or glands) · la glandularis (pertaining to a gland or glands) · es glandular (pertaining to a gland or glands) · gl glandular (pertaining to a gland or glands) · de glanduläre (pertaining to a gland or glands) · fi glandulaarinen (pertaining to a gland or glands) · de drüsig (pertaining to a gland or glands)

glandular en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈɡlan.ʒʊl.ə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈɡlan.d͡ʒʊl.ə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˈɡlan.djʊl.ə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˈɡlæn.d͡ʒəl.ɚ/ (General-American)

Etymology

Mid 18th century borrowing from French glandulaire, from glandule (“small gland”) + -aire (“-ar, -ary”, adjectival suffix), from Latin glandulae (“glands of the throat”); equivalent to glandule + -ar.

Meanings

  1. A food supplement made from glands.
    • I started reading about acupuncture, acupressure, flower essences, Chinese herbals, American herbals, Ayurvedic herbals, raindrop therapy, essential oils, aromatherapy, homeopathy, glandulars, vitamins, folk remedies, […] 2014, Judy Morgan, From Needles to Natural: Learning Holistic Pet Healing, page 44:
    • Then Mr. Rothschild states that there is a wealth of studies attesting to the beneficence of glandulars in the human diet, only to fall into the same error he lays on Dr. Holub: failing to cite a single one. 1982, Vegetarian Times, number 61, page 6:
    • An interesting event happened in my house that buttressed my appreciation of glandulars. I previously mentioned our cats, raised on a raw food diet that includes as many glands and other organs as we can obtain, […] 2010, Roy Mankovitz, The Wellness Project, page 158:

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