gland

1. 1.

   any of various organs that synthesize substances needed by the body and release it through ducts or directly into the bloodstream

   Synonymssecretory organsecretorsecreter

   Broaderorgan

   Narrowergreen glandsilk glandexocrine glandendocrine gland

   Partsacinus

Other forms of gland

plural

glands·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about gland

What does gland mean?

gland means "any of various organs that synthesize substances needed by the body and release it through ducts or directly into the bloodstream".

How many syllables are in gland?

gland has 1 syllable: gland. In IPA it is /ˈɡlænd/.

What is another word for gland?

Close synonyms include secretory organ, secretor, secreter. 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 gland a common word?

gland is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.