Descartes thought that the mind and body were joined in the pineal gland.
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Gland
//ɡlænd//
Synonyms for "gland" (42 found)
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Closest matches (9)
Strong matches (12)
Related words (21)
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3 entriesmeronym
2 entriesrelated to
7 entriesTranslations
128 translations across 84 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- gjëndër noun (organ that synthesizes and secretes substance)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ἀδήν noun (organ that synthesizes and secretes substance)
Arabic
3 entries- غدة noun (organ that synthesizes and secretes substance)
- غُدَّة noun (organ that synthesizes and secretes substance)
- غُدَّة noun (organ that synthesizes and secretes substance)
Armenian
1 entries- գեղձ noun (organ that synthesizes and secretes substance)
Asturian
1 entries- glándula noun (organ that synthesizes and secretes substance)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- vəzi noun (organ that synthesizes and secretes substance)
Bashkir
1 entries- биҙ noun (organ that synthesizes and secretes substance)
Basque
1 entries- guruin noun (organ that synthesizes and secretes substance)
Belarusian
1 entries- зало́за noun (organ that synthesizes and secretes substance)
Bengali
1 entries- গ্রন্থি noun (organ that synthesizes and secretes substance)
Bulgarian
2 entries- жлеза́ noun (organ that synthesizes and secretes substance)
- са́лник noun (cylindrical case used for straining)
Burmese
1 entries- ဂလင်း noun (organ that synthesizes and secretes substance)
Catalan
1 entries- glàndula noun (organ that synthesizes and secretes substance)
Central Kurdish
3 entries- دوبشی noun (organ that synthesizes and secretes substance)
- دوشوال noun (organ that synthesizes and secretes substance)
- دژێن noun (organ that synthesizes and secretes substance)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 腺 noun (organ that synthesizes and secretes substance)
- 腺體 /腺体 noun (organ that synthesizes and secretes substance)
Czech
1 entries- žláza noun (organ that synthesizes and secretes substance)
Danish
1 entries- kirtel noun (organ that synthesizes and secretes substance)
Dutch
2 entries- klier noun (organ that synthesizes and secretes substance)
- klier noun (secretory structure on the surface of an organ)
Esperanto
1 entries- glando noun (organ that synthesizes and secretes substance)
Estonian
1 entries- nääre noun (organ that synthesizes and secretes substance)
Finnish
1 entries- rauhanen noun (organ that synthesizes and secretes substance)
French
1 entries- glande noun (organ that synthesizes and secretes substance)
Galician
1 entries- glándula noun (organ that synthesizes and secretes substance)
Georgian
1 entries- ჯირკვალი noun (organ that synthesizes and secretes substance)
German
3 entries- Drüse noun (organ that synthesizes and secretes substance)
- Drüse noun (secretory structure on the surface of an organ)
- Stinkdrüse noun (organ that synthesizes and secretes substance)
Greek
2 entries- αδένας noun (organ that synthesizes and secretes substance)
- στυπιοθλήπτης noun (cylindrical case used for straining)
Hebrew
1 entries- בַּלּוּטָה noun (organ that synthesizes and secretes substance)
Hindi
2 entries- ग्रंथि noun (organ that synthesizes and secretes substance)
- ग्रंथि noun (secretory structure on the surface of an organ)
Hungarian
1 entries- mirigy noun (organ that synthesizes and secretes substance)
Icelandic
1 entries- kirtill noun (organ that synthesizes and secretes substance)
Ido
2 entries- glando noun (organ that synthesizes and secretes substance)
- glando noun (secretory structure on the surface of an organ)
Indonesian
3 entries- glandula noun (organ that synthesizes and secretes substance)
- kelenjar noun (organ that synthesizes and secretes substance)
- kelenjar noun (secretory structure on the surface of an organ)
Ingrian
1 entries- rauha noun (organ that synthesizes and secretes substance)
Interlingua
1 entries- glandula noun (organ that synthesizes and secretes substance)
Irish
2 entries- faireog noun (organ that synthesizes and secretes substance)
- faireog noun (secretory structure on the surface of an organ)
Italian
2 entries- ghiandola noun (organ that synthesizes and secretes substance)
- ghiandola noun (secretory structure on the surface of an organ)
Japanese
2 entries- グランド noun (organ that synthesizes and secretes substance)
- 腺 noun (organ that synthesizes and secretes substance)
Javanese
2 entries- klanjer noun (organ that synthesizes and secretes substance)
- klanjer noun (secretory structure on the surface of an organ)
Karachay-Balkar
1 entries- без noun (organ that synthesizes and secretes substance)
Kazakh
1 entries- без noun (organ that synthesizes and secretes substance)
Khmer
3 entries- ក្រពេញ noun (organ that synthesizes and secretes substance)
- ក្លង់ noun (organ that synthesizes and secretes substance)
- គ្រន្ថី noun (organ that synthesizes and secretes substance)
Korean
1 entries- 선 noun (organ that synthesizes and secretes substance)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- без noun (organ that synthesizes and secretes substance)
Lao
1 entries- ຕ່ອມ noun (organ that synthesizes and secretes substance)
Latvian
1 entries- dziedzeris noun (organ that synthesizes and secretes substance)
Lithuanian
1 entries- liauka noun (organ that synthesizes and secretes substance)
Luxembourgish
1 entries- Drüs noun (organ that synthesizes and secretes substance)
Macedonian
1 entries- жлезда noun (organ that synthesizes and secretes substance)
Malay
1 entries- kelenjar noun (organ that synthesizes and secretes substance)
Marathi
1 entries- ग्रंथी noun (organ that synthesizes and secretes substance)
Mongolian
1 entries- булчирхай noun (organ that synthesizes and secretes substance)
Māori
1 entries- repe noun (organ that synthesizes and secretes substance)
Navajo
1 entries- akááz noun (organ that synthesizes and secretes substance)
Nogai
1 entries- без noun (organ that synthesizes and secretes substance)
Norn
1 entries- jetel noun (organ that synthesizes and secretes substance)
Northern Kurdish
4 entries- livik noun (organ that synthesizes and secretes substance)
- rijên noun (organ that synthesizes and secretes substance)
- rijên noun (secretory structure on the surface of an organ)
- toşpî noun (organ that synthesizes and secretes substance)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- kjertel noun (organ that synthesizes and secretes substance)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- kjertel noun (organ that synthesizes and secretes substance)
Ossetian
1 entries- рӕзынӕг noun (organ that synthesizes and secretes substance)
Pashto
3 entries- غده noun (organ that synthesizes and secretes substance)
- مرغېړى noun (organ that synthesizes and secretes substance)
- پرګی noun (organ that synthesizes and secretes substance)
Persian
3 entries- بالو noun (organ that synthesizes and secretes substance)
- دژپیه noun (organ that synthesizes and secretes substance)
- غده noun (organ that synthesizes and secretes substance)
Polish
1 entries- gruczoł noun (organ that synthesizes and secretes substance)
Portuguese
2 entries- glândula noun (organ that synthesizes and secretes substance)
- glândula noun (secretory structure on the surface of an organ)
Romanian
1 entries- glandă noun (organ that synthesizes and secretes substance)
Russian
3 entries- железа́ noun (organ that synthesizes and secretes substance)
- железа́ noun (secretory structure on the surface of an organ)
- са́льник noun (cylindrical case used for straining)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- žlezda noun (organ that synthesizes and secretes substance)
- žlezda noun (secretory structure on the surface of an organ)
- žlijezda noun (organ that synthesizes and secretes substance)
- žlijezda noun (secretory structure on the surface of an organ)
Slovak
1 entries- žľaza noun (organ that synthesizes and secretes substance)
Slovene
1 entries- žleza noun (organ that synthesizes and secretes substance)
Spanish
2 entries- glándula noun (organ that synthesizes and secretes substance)
- glándula noun (secretory structure on the surface of an organ)
Swedish
1 entries- körtel noun (organ that synthesizes and secretes substance)
Tagalog
2 entries- katasan noun (organ that synthesizes and secretes substance)
- katasan noun (secretory structure on the surface of an organ)
Tajik
2 entries- ғадуд noun (organ that synthesizes and secretes substance)
- ғудда noun (organ that synthesizes and secretes substance)
Tamil
2 entries- சுரப்பி noun (organ that synthesizes and secretes substance)
- சுரப்பி noun (secretory structure on the surface of an organ)
Thai
1 entries- ต่อม noun (organ that synthesizes and secretes substance)
Turkish
2 entries- bez noun (organ that synthesizes and secretes substance)
- salgı bezi noun (organ that synthesizes and secretes substance)
Turkmen
1 entries- mäz noun (organ that synthesizes and secretes substance)
Ukrainian
2 entries- за́лоза noun (organ that synthesizes and secretes substance)
- за́лоза noun (secretory structure on the surface of an organ)
Upper Sorbian
1 entries- žałza noun (organ that synthesizes and secretes substance)
Urdu
1 entries- غدہ noun (organ that synthesizes and secretes substance)
Uyghur
1 entries- بەز noun (organ that synthesizes and secretes substance)
Uzbek
1 entries- bez noun (organ that synthesizes and secretes substance)
Vietnamese
1 entries- tuyến noun (organ that synthesizes and secretes substance)
Volapük
2 entries- glan noun (organ that synthesizes and secretes substance)
- mismelaglan noun (organ that synthesizes and secretes substance)
Welsh
1 entries- chwarren noun (organ that synthesizes and secretes substance)
Sample sentences
10 total sentences available.
There's something wrong with her thyroid gland.
Source: tatoeba (4091040)
Hypophysitis is an inflammation of the pituitary gland.
Source: tatoeba (6199788)
A tumor of the pituitary gland can cause hypopituitarism.
Source: tatoeba (6199798)
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