Glands

//ɡlændz//

"Glands" in a Sentence (10 examples)

Glands secrete chemical substances into the body.

The adrenal glands secrete adrenalin.

A sty or stye is commonly caused by staphlycoccus bacteria that along with dead skin cells clog glands in your eyelids, along the lash line.

My tear glands have been loose all my life, but once I passed 40 I became much more easily moved to tears.

Worker bees construct the comb using beeswax, a substance produced by four pairs of glands located on the underside of their abdomens.

A mosquito-borne viral illness, dengue fever often begins with a severe headache and fever, then blossoms into that severe pain accompanied by vomiting, swollen glands and a rash.

I don't think it's right to remove a skunk's scent glands.

Among the preliminary findings: women with dense breasts have a greater proportion of epithelium, that is, tissue composed of cells that line the milk and duct glands.

Sebum is a natural oily substance produced by the sebaceous glands in the skin.

The external genitalia include the labia majora, mons pubis, labia minora, clitoris, and glands within the vestibule.

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