🇬🇧 en it 🇮🇹

gland noun

  /ɡlænd/
  • (zoology) A specialized cell, group of cells, or organ of endothelial origin in the human or animal body that synthesizes a chemical substance, such as hormones or breast milk, and releases it, often into the bloodstream (endocrine gland) or into cavities inside the body or its outer surface (exocrine gland).
  • (botany) A secretory structure on the surface of an organ.
 ghiandola

glans noun

  /ɡlænz/
  • (anatomy) A structure at the extremity of the penis and of the clitoris in humans and other mammals.
  • The acorn or mast of the oak and similar fruits.
 glande
endocrine gland
ghiandola endocrina
thyroid gland
tiroide
adrenal gland
surrene
cable gland
pressacavo
parathyroid gland
paratiroide
mammary gland
ghiandola mammaria
pineal gland
ghiandola pineale
salivary gland
ghiandola salivare, ghiandole salivari
pituitary gland
ghiandola pituitaria, ipofisi
Wiktionary Links