glandular

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UK/ˈɡlan.djʊl.ə/UK/ˈɡlan.d͡ʒʊl.ə/UK/ˈɡlan.ʒʊl.ə/US/ˈɡlæn.d͡ʒəl.ɚ/

adjective

Pertaining to a gland or glands.

“a glandular disorder”

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Less commonScrabble 11

Meanings

adjectiveglandular (not comparable)
  1. not comparablemedicinePertaining to a gland or glands.

    a glandular disorder

    1. not comparablemedicineHaving the characteristics or function of a gland.
  2. not comparableInnate, inherent.

    […]the almost glandular Russian instinct for adventure and romance.

    1948, Newsweek
  3. not comparablePhysical, sexual.
nounglandular (plural glandulars)

plural glandulars

  1. 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 6
    2 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 158

    I 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

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Origin

  1. Latinglandulae“glands of the throat”
  2. Frenchglandulaire
  3. 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.

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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

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Cite this entry
APA

glandular. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/glandular

MLA

“glandular.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/glandular. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “glandular,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/glandular.

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