gland
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
gland1
▶noun an organ of the body which secretes particular chemical substances.
■ a lymph node.
– origin C17: from Fr. glande, alt. of OFr. glandre, from L. glandulae ‘throat glands’.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
gland2
▶noun a sleeve used to produce a seal round a piston rod or other shaft.
'gland' also found in these Oxford entries:
acinus
- adenine
- adeno-
- adenoids
- adenoma
- adrenal
- adrenocorticotrophic hormone
- alveolus
- Bartholin's gland
- B-lymphocyte
- cortex
- Cowper's gland
- crypt
- Cushing's disease
- ductless
- euthyroid
- follicle-stimulating hormone
- glanders
- glandular
- goitre
- Graves' disease
- grenadier
- Hashimoto's disease
- hyperthyroidism
- hypopituitarism
- hypothyroidism
- lymphadenitis
- lymph gland
- mastitis
- medulla
- melatonin
- milium
- milt
- motor nerve
- motor neuron
- oil gland
- oxytocin
- pancreas
- parathyroid
- parotitis
- pineal eye
- pineal gland
- pituitary
- pope's eye
- preen gland
- prolactin
- prostaglandin
- prostate
