Adjacent Words

Glandular definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

GLAND'ULAR, a. Containing glands; consisting of glands; pertaining to glands.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: relating to or affecting or functioning as a gland; "glandular malfunctions"

Merriam Webster's

adjective Date: circa 1740 1. a. of, relating to, or involving glands, gland cells, or their products b. having the characteristics or function of a gland 2. a. innate, inherent <the almost glandular…instinct for adventure and romance — Newsweek> b. physical, sexual • glandularly adverb

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. of or relating to a gland or glands. Phrases and idioms: glandular fever an infectious viral disease characterized by swelling of the lymph glands and prolonged lassitude, infectious mononucleosis (see MONONUCLEOSIS). Etymology: F glandulaire (as GLAND(1))

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Glandular Glan"du*lar, a. [Cf. F. glandulaire. See Glandule.] Containing or supporting glands; consisting of glands; pertaining to glands.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

Glandular means relating to or affecting your glands. (TECHNICAL) ...the amount of fat and glandular tissue in the breasts. ADJ: usu ADJ n

Moby Thesaurus

adrenal, affectional, affective, demonstrative, eccrine, emotiometabolic, emotiomotor, emotional, emotiovascular, emotive, endocrine, exocrine, feeling, glandulous, gonadal, gut, holocrine, humoral, luteal, merocrine, of soul, ovarian, overdemonstrative, pancreatic, prostatic, soulful, splenetic, thymic, thyroidal, visceral