Definition of Glandule

1. n. A small gland or secreting vessel.

Definition of Glandule

1. Noun. (anatomy) A small gland or secreting vessel. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Glandule

1. a small gland [n -S]

Medical Definition of Glandule

1. A small gland. Synonym: glandula. Origin: L. Glandula (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Glandule

glandular branches of submandibular ganglion
glandular cancer
glandular carcinoma
glandular disease
glandular disorder
glandular epithelium
glandular fever
glandular lobe of hypophysis
glandular mastitis
glandular plague
glandular substance of prostate
glandular system
glandular tularaemia
glandularly
glandulation
glandule (current term)
glandules
glanduliferous
glandulopreputial lamella
glandulosities
glandulosity
glandulous
glanular hypospadias
glanville fritillaries

Literary usage of Glandule

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Refugium Botanicum: Or Figures and Descriptions from Living Specimens, of ...by William Wilson Saunders, Heinrich Gustav Reichenbach, John Gilbert Baker by William Wilson Saunders, Heinrich Gustav Reichenbach, John Gilbert Baker (1882)
"glandule ovate. Materials :—Various sketches from living flowers ; the living plant in Hamburgh Botanic Garden ; nineteen herbarium specimens. Tab. 105. ..."

2. The Universal Etymological English Dictionary:: Containing an Additional ...by Nathan Bailey by Nathan Bailey (1737)
"... fo denominated upon Account of their lying upon the Loins. L. glandule ... L, glandule Renales [in wo ..."

3. The Surgery and pathology of the thyroid and parathyroid glands by Albert John Ochsner, Ralph Leroy Thompson (1913)
"In three dogs removal of the fourth glandule did not result in tetany arid ... As long as a single glandule remains the animal does not exhibit tetany. ..."

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