glandular disease

1. 1.

   a disorder of the glands of the body

   Synonymsgland diseaseglandular disorderadenosis

   Broaderdisorder

   NarrowerhyperparathyroidismhypoparathyroidismhyperpituitarismAddison's diseaseadenopathyaldosteronismCushing's diseaseCushing's syndromehyperthyroidismhypothyroidism

Questions about glandular disease

What does glandular disease mean?

glandular disease means "a disorder of the glands of the body".

What is another word for glandular disease?

Close synonyms include gland disease, glandular disorder, adenosis. 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 glandular disease a common word?

glandular disease 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.