glandular
pronunciation
How to pronounce glandular in British English:
UK ['ɡlændjʊlə(r)]
How to pronounce glandular in American English:
US [ˈɡlændʒəlɚ]
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- Adjective:
- relating to or affecting or functioning as a gland
Word Origin
- glandular (adj.)
- 1740, from French glandulaire, from glandule "small gland" (16c.), from Latin glandula (see gland). Earlier was glandelous (late 14c.), from Latin glandulosus.
Example
- 1. Leaf blade abaxially densely granulate glandular .
- 2. Each of your breasts contains 15 to 20 lobes of glandular tissue , arranged like the petals of a daisy .
- 3. A male lion marks the territory of his pride by spraying a mixture of urine and glandular secretions on tree trunks and bushes .
- 4. According to olry and haines , the glandular portion of thepineal glandcan be traced back to its bulbous terminological predecessor , the glans penis .
- 5. Everything is positively changed the glandular system , the circulatory system , the digestive system , the respiratory system , the skeletal system , and the nervous system .