Gland: nf (word from medieval Latin glandula, diminutive of glans “acorn”).
The word "gland" has several meanings:
1. Organ whose function is to produce a secretion.
Open or exocrine glands: salivary, mammary, sweat, sebaceous glands.
Endocrine glands: pituitary gland (hypophysis, thyroid gland, adrenal glands).
Mixed glands, endocrine and exocrine: liver, pancreas, testis; ovary.
Genital, reproductive, sexual glands: gona...
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