Synonym: secreter, secretor, secretory organ. Similar words: glance, england, gangland, at a glance, glance over, adrenal gland, thyroid gland, prostate gland. Meaning: [glænd] 
n. any of various organs that synthesize substances needed by the body and release it through ducts or directly into the bloodstream.
n. any of various organs that synthesize substances needed by the body and release it through ducts or directly into the bloodstream. 
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1. Her mother has an underactive adrenal gland.
2. Thyroxine is produced by the thyroid gland.
3. I read about the thymus gland, which produces cells.
4. Crow split his enemy's skull to the pineal gland.
5. Once, it seems, the pineal gland was an eye.
6. As the morning light appears, the gland reduces its output, allowing the body to gradually come back to life.
7. The hollow spur is connected to a venom gland situated behind the knee, and can inflict an agonising wound.
8. The venom gland contracts and the venom shoots through a special canal into the wound.
9. The damage to the exocrine glands is as a result of infiltration and destruction of the gland tissue by lymphocytes.
10. Also an enlargement of the pituitary gland is clearly correlated with large size, almost as if some kind of hormonal imbalance occurred.
11. Other medical conditions, such as an overactive thyroid gland, occasionally cause similar symptoms.
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12. They are used in medicine for the treatment of cancer and to detect thyroid gland disorders.
13. Growth hormone is a protein made in the pituitary gland at the base of the brain.
14. They could be cured if they were treated in time with iodine, whole gland, or pure hormone.
15. This beetle discharges a very hot fluid from a special gland at potential predators.
16. Melatonin, available over the counter, is a hormone produced inside the brain by the pineal gland.
17. To be honest I think he has an over-active gland, always trying to inveigle his way into my bed.
18. They produce neutral mucin and develop into a new small gland.
19. Leptin is thought to signal the brain through the hypothalamus, an organ that interacts with the pituitary gland.
20. The largest and most important of these is the prostate gland.
21. Graves's disease is a malfunction of the body's immune system whereby antibodies mistakenly attack the thyroid gland.
22. Binge-eating can cause menstrual disturbances, acute swelling of the stomach and also salivary gland enlargement.
23. Thus the beta-lactoglobulin gene is expressed only in the mammary gland, and only during lactation.
24. The adult rat provides another example: it has been found that cells in its prostate gland need the hormone testosterone.
25. When the sun goes down, the eyes cue the gland to start pumping melatonin.
26. In taps, replacing the tap washer and tightening the gland nut will both contribute to stopping water hammer occurring.
27. Rich in easily assimilable vitamins, minerals and trace elements which are essential for the thyroid gland.
28. The fangs are hollow and are linked to a venom gland.
29. Some men have an additional problem because an enlarged prostate gland can cause almost permanent incontinence.
30. Iodine 131, also a gamma and beta emitter, is particularly hazardous to the thyroid gland.
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