glandular

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English

Etymology

Mid 18th century borrowing from French glandulaire, from glandule (“small gland”) +‎ -aire (“-ar, -ary”, adjectival suffix), from Latin glandulae (“glands of the throat”); equivalent to glandule +‎ -ar.

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Adjective

glandular (not comparable)

  1. (medicine) Pertaining to a gland or glands.
    a glandular disorder
    1. Having the characteristics or function of a gland.
  2. Innate, inherent.
    • 1948, Newsweek:
      […] the almost glandular Russian instinct for adventure and romance.
  3. Physical, sexual.

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Noun

glandular (plural glandulars)

  1. A food supplement made from glands.
    • 1982, Vegetarian Times, number 61, page 6:
      Then Mr. Rothschild states that there is a wealth of studies attesting to the beneficence of glandulars in the human diet, only to fall into the same error he lays on Dr. Holub: failing to cite a single one.
    • 2010, Roy Mankovitz, The Wellness Project, page 158:
      An interesting event happened in my house that buttressed my appreciation of glandulars. I previously mentioned our cats, raised on a raw food diet that includes as many glands and other organs as we can obtain, […]
    • 2014, Judy Morgan, From Needles to Natural: Learning Holistic Pet Healing, page 44:
      I started reading about acupuncture, acupressure, flower essences, Chinese herbals, American herbals, Ayurvedic herbals, raindrop therapy, essential oils, aromatherapy, homeopathy, glandulars, vitamins, folk remedies, […]

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Catalan

Pronunciation

Adjective

glandular m or f (masculine and feminine plural glandulars)

  1. glandular

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
 

Adjective

glandular m or f (plural glandulares)

  1. (anatomy) glandular (pertaining to glands)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French glandulaire.

Adjective

glandular m or n (feminine singular glandulară, masculine plural glandulari, feminine and neuter plural glandulare)

  1. glandular

Declension

Declension of glandular
singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative/
accusative 		indefinite glandular glandulară glandulari glandulare
definite glandularul glandulara glandularii glandularele
genitive/
dative 		indefinite glandular glandulare glandulari glandulare
definite glandularului glandularei glandularilor glandularelor

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin glandulāris, from Latin glandula (“little acorn”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡlanduˈlaɾ/
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: glan‧du‧lar

Adjective

glandular m or f (masculine and feminine plural glandulares)

  1. glandular

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