gland

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ɡlænd/|/ɡland/    美 /ɡlænd/|/ɡlæːnd/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. 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).
  2. 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, used for example around a ship’s propeller shaft or around a tap, valve or faucet.
  3. 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).; A structure resembling a gland, especially a lymph node.
  4. A secretory structure on the surface of an organ.
  5. A stuffing box used to seal a rotating or reciprocating shaft against a fluid.
    — The gland of a tap/faucet is usually packed with string which has been soaked in tallow or similar grease.

词形变化

glands plural glands plural

词汇关系

近义词
gland
上位词
organ
下位词
macrogland mammary gland endocrine gland exocrine gland
衍生词
adrenal gland anal gland antennal gland anterior pituitary gland apocrine gland Bartholin's gland Bowman's gland Brunner's gland bulbourethral gland colleterial gland Cowper's gland ductless gland Dufour's gland eccrine gland glandectomy glandiform glandless glandlike gland of Deshayes glandotropic green gland Harderian gland hibernating gland interrenal gland intestinal gland lacrimal gland mammary gland master gland meibomian gland miliary gland monkeygland Montgomery gland Nasonov gland Nasonov's gland palatine gland parathyroid gland paratoid gland paraurethral gland parotid gland parotoid gland Peyerian gland Peyer's gland pineal gland pituitary gland poison gland prostate gland prothoracic gland pseudogland saliva gland salivary gland salt gland scent gland sebaceous gland sex gland Skene's gland sublingual gland submandibular gland submaxillary gland sudoriferous gland sudoriparous gland suprarenal gland sweat gland tarsal gland tear gland thymus gland thyroid gland uropygial gland uterine gland vestibular gland vitelline gland
相关词
glanders glandular glandule glandulous glans organ

词源

词源 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).
词源 2
Early 19th century, probably from Scots glam (“vice, clamp”), probably from a variant of clam (“clam; clamp, vise”). Related to clamp.
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