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glans

 (glănz)
n. pl. glan·des (glăn′dēz)
1. The glans penis.
2. The glans clitoridis.

[Latin glāns, gland-, acorn, glans (from its shape).]
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glans

(ɡlænz)
n, pl glandes (ˈɡlændiːz)
(Anatomy) anatomy any small rounded body or glandlike mass, such as the head of the penis (glans penis)
[C17: from Latin: acorn; see gland1]
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glans

(glænz)

n., pl. glan•des (ˈglæn diz)
the head of the penis (glans′ pe′nis) or of the clitoris (glans′ clit′oris).
[1640–50; < Latin glāns literally, acorn, chestnut; akin to Greek bálanos]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.glans - a small rounded structure; especially that at the end of the penis or clitoris
anatomical structure, bodily structure, body structure, complex body part, structure - a particular complex anatomical part of a living thing; "he has good bone structure"
glans clitoridis - small mass of erectile tissue at the end of the body of the clitoris
glans penis - the conical mass of erectile tissue that forms the head of the penis
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Translations
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glans

[glænz] N (glandes (pl)) glans (penis)glande m
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

glans

n. glande, masa redonda de estructura similar a una glándula situada en la extremidad del pene (glans penis) y del clítoris (glans clitorides).
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012

glans

n glande m
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References in periodicals archive ?
Note sur l'epitheliome calcifie des glandes sebacees.
Les hormones androgenes permettent aux glandes sebacees de la peau de secreter une substance huileuse portant le nom de sebum.
Il a impute la presence de thromboses chez les cancereux notamment celui du pancreas et des glandes lymphatiques au traitement par chimiotherapie et aux medicaments prescrits a ces malades qui causent une metastase cancereuse.
Le handicap cause par cette tumeur peut s'etendre aux autres organes du corps et celle qui touche les glandes cerebrales provoquent l'epilepsie a partir de l'age de 25 ans.
Ce medicament a pour propriete d'inhiber la secretion de testosterone par les testicules et -- en plus faible proportion -- par les glandes surrenales.
Sous l'influence des hormones masculines ou androgenes, secretees en plus grande quantite lors de la puberte, les glandes sebacees de la peau secretent parfois du sebum de facon excessive : la peau et les cheveux deviennent gras.