gland
English
/ɡlænd/
noun
Definitions
- (zoology) An organ that synthesizes a substance, such as hormones or breast milk, and releases it, often into the bloodstream (endocrine gland) or into cavities inside the body or its outer surface (exocrine gland).
- (botany) A secretory structure on the surface of an organ.
Etymology
Derived from Latin glāns (acorn, nut) root from Proto-Indo-European *gʷelh₂- (acorn).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*gʷelh₂-
Gloss
acorn
Concept
Semantic Field
Agriculture and vegetation
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- glandectomy English
- glandiform English
- glandless English
- glandlessness English
- glandlike English
- glandotropic English
- macrogland English
- monkey English
- monkeygland English
- pineal English
- pineal gland English
- pseudogland English
- glandarius Latin
- glandinem, glandō Latin
- glandula Latin
- glandāria Latin
- glans Latin
- glans, glāndem Latin
- glans, glāndem, glāns Latin
- glāndem Latin
- glāndem, glāns Latin
- glāns Latin
- ghianda Italian
- βάλανος Ancient Greek
- *gʷelh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- landeira Galician
- ဂလင်း Burmese
- gilė Lithuanian
- *gel- Proto-Balto-Slavic
- *gʷə́lanos Proto-Hellenic