Meanings
- not comparablemedicineHaving the characteristics or function of a gland.
plural glandulars
- A food supplement made from glands.
Then Mr. Rothschild states that there is a wealth of studies attesting to the beneficence of glandulars in the human diet, only to fall into the same error he lays on Dr. Holub: failing to cite a single one.
1982, Vegetarian Times, number 61, page 62 more examples
An interesting event happened in my house that buttressed my appreciation of glandulars. I previously mentioned our cats, raised on a raw food diet that includes as many glands and other organs as we can obtain, […]
2010, Roy Mankovitz, The Wellness Project, page 158I started reading about acupuncture, acupressure, flower essences, Chinese herbals, American herbals, Ayurvedic herbals, raindrop therapy, essential oils, aromatherapy, homeopathy, glandulars, vitamins, folk remedies, […]
2014, Judy Morgan, From Needles to Natural: Learning Holistic Pet Healing, page 44
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
- Latinglandulae“glands of the throat”
- Frenchglandulaire
- Englishglandular
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.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek ἀδενοειδής
- ἀδενοειδής (adenoeidḗs)pertaining to a gland or glands
Bulgarian жлезист
- жлезист (žlezist)pertaining to a gland or glands
Catalan glandular
- glandularpertaining to a gland or glands
Chinese Mandarin 腺的
- 腺的 (xiàn de)pertaining to a gland or glands
Czech žlázový, glandulární
- žlázovýpertaining to a gland or glands
- glandulárnípertaining to a gland or glands
Dutch ingeboren
- ingeborenpertaining to a gland or glands
Finnish rauhas-, glandulaarinen
- rauhas-pertaining to a gland or glands
- glandulaarinenpertaining to a gland or glands
French glandulaire
- glandulairepertaining to a gland or glands
German glanduläre, drüsig
- glandulärepertaining to a gland or glands
- drüsigpertaining to a gland or glands
Hindi स्रावी
- स्रावी (srāvī)pertaining to a gland or glands
Italian ghiandolare
- ghiandolarepertaining to a gland or glands
Japanese 腺状の
- 腺状の (senjō no)pertaining to a gland or glands
Korean 선
- 선 (seon)pertaining to a gland or glands
Latin glandularis
- glandularispertaining to a gland or glands
Lithuanian liaukinis
- liaukinispertaining to a gland or glands
Portuguese glandular
- glandularpertaining to a gland or glands
Russian желе́зистый, гландуля́рный
- желе́зистый (želézistyj)pertaining to a gland or glands
- гландуля́рный (glanduljárnyj)pertaining to a gland or glands
Spanish glandular
- glandularpertaining to a gland or glands
Turkish bezsel
- bezselpertaining to a gland or glands
Welsh chwarennol
- chwarennolpertaining to a gland or glands
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with glandular
Cite this entry
glandular. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/glandular
“glandular.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/glandular. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “glandular,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/glandular.
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