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Vinony

glandular

adjective

  1. pertaining to a gland
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈɡlan.djʊl.ə/ / /ˈɡlan.d͡ʒʊl.ə/ / /ˈɡlan.ʒʊl.ə/

adj

Etymology: 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.

  1. Pertaining to a gland or glands.

    “a glandular disorder”

  2. Pertaining to a gland or glands.
  3. Innate, inherent.

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

  4. Physical, sexual.

noun

Etymology: 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.

  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.”

    “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, […]”