gland vs secreter what difference
what is difference between gland and secreter
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /ɡlænd/
- Rhymes: -ænd
Etymology 1
Late 17th century borrowing from French glande, alteration of Old French glandre, from Latin glandulae (“throat glands, tonsils”), plural of glandula (“a little acorn”), from glāns (“an acorn”) + -ula (diminutive nominal suffix).
Noun
gland (plural glands)
- (zoology) A specialized cell, group of cells, or organ of endothelial origin in the human or animal body that synthesizes a chemical 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).
- Meronyms: endocrine gland, exocrine gland
- Hyponyms: see Thesaurus:gland
- (anatomy) A structure resembling a gland, especially a lymph node.
- Hyponyms: lymph gland, Virchow’s gland
- (botany) A secretory structure on the surface of an organ.
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See also
- organ
Etymology 2
Early 19th century, probably from Scots glam (“vice, clamp”). Related to clamp.
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Noun
gland (plural glands)
- (mechanics) A compressable cylindrical case and its contents around a shaft where it passes through a barrier, intended to prevent the passage of a fluid past the barrier, such as:
- A gland used around a ship’s propeller shaft.
- A gland used around a tap, valve or faucet.
Hyponyms
- cable gland
Translations
References
- “gland”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
- “gland”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary.
French
Etymology
From Old French glant, from Latin glāndem, accusative singular of glāns, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷelh₂- (“acorn”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡlɑ̃/
Noun
gland m (plural glands)
- acorn
- (anatomy) glans
- 1785, Donatien Alphonse François de Sade, Les 120 journées de Sodome, ou l’École du libertinage
- Brise-cul, vingt-huit ans, l’air d’un satyre, son vit est tortu; la tête ou le gland en est énorme: il a huit pouces trois lignes de tour, et le corps du vit huit pouces sur seize de long; ce vit majestueux est absolument cambré.
- 1785, Donatien Alphonse François de Sade, Les 120 journées de Sodome, ou l’École du libertinage
- tassel
- (vulgar, slang) (of a person) prick, wanker, bell end
Derived terms
- glander
Related terms
- glande
Further reading
- “gland” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Friulian
Alternative forms
- glant
Etymology
From Latin glāndem, accusative of glāns.
Noun
gland m (plural glands)
- acorn
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French gland, from Latin glans, glandis. Doublet of the inherited ghindă.
Noun
gland n (plural glanduri)
- (anatomy) glans penis
Declension
English
Noun
secreter (plural secreters)
- Alternative spelling of secretor
Anagrams
- erecters, re-erects, reerects, reresect