ductless gland

1. 1.

   any of the glands of the endocrine system that secrete hormones directly into the bloodstream

   Synonymsendocrine glandendocrine

   Broadergland

   Narrowerthyroid glandparathyroid glandadrenal glandprostate glandthymus glandpituitaryanterior pituitarypars distilispars intermediaposterior pituitary

   Part ofendocrine system

Questions about ductless gland

What does ductless gland mean?

ductless gland means "any of the glands of the endocrine system that secrete hormones directly into the bloodstream".

What is another word for ductless gland?

Close synonyms include endocrine gland, endocrine. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is ductless gland a common word?

ductless gland is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.