gland

Meaning

Noun

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Origin

  • Late 17th century borrowing from French glande, alteration of Old French glandre, from Latin glandulae ("throat glands, tonsils"), plural of glandula, from glāns + -ula.
  • Early 19th century, probably from Scots glam ("vice, clamp"). Related to clamp.

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