different between gland vs eccrine

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /?lænd/
• Rhymes: -ænd

Etymology 1

From Latin gl?ns (“acorn”).

Noun

gland (plural glands)

1. (zoology) An organ that synthesizes a 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).
2. (botany) A secretory structure on the surface of an organ.

Hyponyms

• See also Thesaurus:gland

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• organ

Etymology 2

19th century. Etymology unknown.

Noun

gland (plural glands)

2. (mechanical) A compressable cylindrical case and its contents around a shaft where it passes through a barrier, intended to prevent the passage of a fluid past the barrier, such as:
   1. A gland used around a ship’s propeller shaft.
   2. A gland used around a tap, valve or faucet.

Translations

French

Etymology

From Old French glant, from Latin gl?ndem, accusative singular of gl?ns, from Proto-Indo-European *g?elh?- (“acorn”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?l??/

Noun

gland m (plural glands)

1. acorn
2. (anatomy) glans
   • 1785, Donatien Alphonse François de Sade, Les 120 journées de Sodome, ou l'École du libertinage

     Brise-cul, vingt-huit ans, l'air d'un satyre, son vit est tortu; la tête ou le gland en est énorme: il a huit pouces trois lignes de tour, et le corps du vit huit pouces sur seize de long; ce vit majestueux est absolument cambré.

3. tassel
4. (vulgar, slang) (of a person) prick, wanker, bell end

Derived terms

• glander

Related terms

• glande

Further reading

• “gland” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Friulian

Alternative forms

• glant

Etymology

From Latin gl?ndem, accusative of gl?ns.

Noun

gland m (plural glands)

1. acorn

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French gland, from Latin glans, glandis. Doublet of the inherited ghind?.

Noun

gland n (plural glanduri)

1. (anatomy) glans penis

Declension

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ?? (ek, “out of”) and ?????? (kr??n?, “to separate”).

Pronunciation

(US) IPA^(key): /??k.??n/, /??k.?a?n/, /??k.?in/

Adjective

eccrine (not comparable)

1. Pertaining to a sweat gland; merocrine
2. Pertaining to sweat
3. Exocrine

Usage notes

As a synonym of merocrine, eccrine applies specifically to sweat glands and their secretions.

Derived terms

• eccrine gland
• perieccrine

See also

• apocrine
• merocrine

Italian

Adjective

eccrine

1. feminine plural of eccrino