| NOUN | body | gland, secretory organ, secretor, secreter | any of various organs that synthesize substances needed by the body and release it through ducts or directly into the bloodstream |
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| Sounds | glae'nd | |
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| Rhymes | ampersand ... woodland: 90 rhymes with aend... | |
| Meaning | Any of various organs that synthesize substances needed by the body and release it through ducts or directly into the bloodstream. | |
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| Synonyms | secretory organ, secretor, secreter | |
| Parts | acinus | One of the small sacs or saclike dilations in a compound gland |
| Narrower | endocrine gland, endocrine, ductless gland | Any of the glands of the endocrine system that secrete hormones directly into the bloodstream |
| exocrine gland, exocrine, duct gland | A gland that secretes externally through a duct | |
| green gland | One of a pair of glands (believed to have excretory functions) in some crustaceans near the base of the large antennae | |
| silk gland, serictery, sericterium | silk-producing gland of insects (especially of a silkworm / silkworm) or spiders | |
| Broader | organ | A fully differentiated structural and functional unit in an animal that is specialized for some particular function |
| Adjectives | glandular | relating to or affecting or functioning as a gland |