/ glænd; NAmE / noun
an organ in a person's or an animal's body that produces a substance for the body to use. There are many different glands in the body :
a snake's poison glands
Her glands are swollen.
—see also pituitary
► glan·du·lar / ˈglændjʊlə(r); NAmE -dʒə-/ adjective [ usually before noun ]:
glandular tissue
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WORD ORIGIN
late 17th cent.: from French glande , alteration of Old French glandre , from Latin glandulae throat glands.