Gland

//ɡlænd//

Synonyms for "gland" (42 found)

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128 translations across 84 languages.

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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
  • 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)
  • 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
  • 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.

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Descartes thought that the mind and body were joined in the pineal gland.

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There's something wrong with her thyroid gland.

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Hypophysitis is an inflammation of the pituitary gland.

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A tumor of the pituitary gland can cause hypopituitarism.

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