💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Sex glands"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| glandesnoun | The acorn or mast of the oak and similar fruits. |
| glandular | (medicine) Pertaining to a gland or glands. |
| sweat glandnoun | (anatomy) An exocrine gland found under the skin in mammals for regulating body temperature. |
| sex hormonenoun | A hormone, such as testosterone in males or estrogen in females, affecting sexual development and reproduction. |
| genitalianoun | External sex organs. |
| endocrine glandnoun | (anatomy) Any of various glands that secrete hormones directly into the blood or lymph and not through a duct. |
| prostate glandnoun | (anatomy) A gland in male mammals surrounding the urethra just below the urinary bladder that controls the release of urine from the bladder and produces a secretion that is the fluid part of semen. |
| adrenal glands | (anatomy) In mammals, either of a pair of complex endocrine glands, situated above each kidney, secreting hormones which control the heart rate, blood pressure, and metabolism. |
| sebaceous glandnoun | (anatomy) A gland of the skin which secretes an oily substance, sebum, usually into a hair follicle near the surface of the skin. |
| lymph glandnoun | (anatomy, immunology, informal) Synonym of lymph node. |
| mammary glandnoun | (anatomy) A gland that secretes milk for suckling an infant or offspring. |
| glandulosanoun | — |
| apocrine glandnoun | (anatomy) Any of several coiled, tubular glands that extrudes part of the cytoplasm as a secretion. |
| bulbourethral glandnoun | An exocrine gland which secretes a clear fluid known as pre-ejaculate or Cowper’s fluid (colloquially known as “pre-cum”) which is generated upon sexual arousal. |
| genital organnoun | (anatomy) An organ used in sexual reproduction or sexual stimulation; a sex organ; (in plural) genitalia. |
| salivary glandnoun | (anatomy) Any of several exocrine glands that produce saliva to break down carbohydrates in food enzymatically. |
| reproductive systemnoun | (anatomy) The system of organs within an organism which work together for the purpose of reproduction. |
| adrenal glandnoun | (anatomy) In mammals, either of a pair of complex endocrine glands, situated above each kidney, secreting hormones which control the heart rate, blood pressure, and metabolism. |
| gonadalnoun | Of or pertaining to the gonads |
| secretionsnoun | (countable) Any substance that is secreted by an organism. |
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