an organ in a person's or an animal's body that produces a substance for the body to use. There are many different glands in the body a snake's poison glands Her glands are swollen. see pituitary
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NAmE//ˈɡlændʒələr//
adjective [usually before noun] glandular tissueSee gland in the Oxford Advanced Learner's DictionaryCheck pronunciation: gland