"glandular" meaning in English

See glandular in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈɡlan.djʊl.ə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈɡlan.d͡ʒʊl.ə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈɡlan.ʒʊl.ə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈɡlæn.d͡ʒəl.ɚ/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-glandular.wav
Rhymes: -ændjʊlə(ɹ), -ændʒʊlə(ɹ), -ænʒʊlə(ɹ) 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. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|glandulaire}} French glandulaire, {{af|fr|glandule|-aire|nocat=1|pos2=adjectival suffix|t1=small gland|t2=-ar, -ary}} glandule (“small gland”) + -aire (“-ar, -ary”, adjectival suffix), {{der|en|la|glandulae||glands of the throat}} Latin glandulae (“glands of the throat”), {{af|en|glandule|-ar}} glandule + -ar Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} glandular (not comparable)
  1. (medicine) Pertaining to a gland or glands. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Medicine
    Sense id: en-glandular-en-adj-b2Mrb1gc Topics: medicine, sciences
  2. (medicine) Pertaining to a gland or glands.
    Having the characteristics or function of a gland.
    Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Medicine
    Sense id: en-glandular-en-adj-AMczdyZl Topics: medicine, sciences
  3. Innate, inherent. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-glandular-en-adj-YU6MHJ6l
  4. Physical, sexual. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-glandular-en-adj-7dEnEGVJ
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: glandulous Translations (pertaining to a gland or glands): ἀδενοειδής (adenoeidḗs) (Ancient Greek), жлезист (žlezist) (Bulgarian), glandular (Catalan), 腺的 (xiàn de) (Chinese Mandarin), žlázový (Czech), glandulární (Czech), ingeboren (Dutch), glandulaire (French), glandular (Galician), glanduläre (German), drüsig (German), glandala (Ido), ghiandolare (Italian), 腺状の (senjō no) (Japanese), (seon) (Korean), glandularis (Latin), liaukinis (Lithuanian), glandular (Portuguese), желе́зистый (želézistyj) (Russian), гландуля́рный (glanduljárnyj) (Russian), glandular (Spanish), bezsel (Turkish), glanik (Volapük), chwarennol (Welsh)

Noun

IPA: /ˈɡlan.djʊl.ə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈɡlan.d͡ʒʊl.ə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈɡlan.ʒʊl.ə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈɡlæn.d͡ʒəl.ɚ/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-glandular.wav Forms: glandulars [plural]
Rhymes: -ændjʊlə(ɹ), -ændʒʊlə(ɹ), -ænʒʊlə(ɹ) 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. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|glandulaire}} French glandulaire, {{af|fr|glandule|-aire|nocat=1|pos2=adjectival suffix|t1=small gland|t2=-ar, -ary}} glandule (“small gland”) + -aire (“-ar, -ary”, adjectival suffix), {{der|en|la|glandulae||glands of the throat}} Latin glandulae (“glands of the throat”), {{af|en|glandule|-ar}} glandule + -ar Head templates: {{en-noun}} glandular (plural glandulars)
  1. A food supplement made from glands.
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Inflected forms

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    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ændʒʊlə(ɹ)"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ænʒʊlə(ɹ)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "glandular"
}

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