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Meaning of 腺

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腺
Pinyin: xiàn
English Definition: gland
Chinese Definition:
①生物体内能分泌某些液汁的组织,由腺细胞组成,根据腺的生理机能及其是否具排出管,可分为“外分泌腺”和“内分泌腺”:汗腺。泪腺。唾液腺。花的蜜腺。
Total strokes: 13; Radical: 肉
Pictophonetic:泉 indicates the sound; ⺼ (flesh) conveys the meaning.
Character Formation:
  • ⿰ Left to right
    • ⺼ meat, flesh; organic compound
    • 泉 [ quán ] spring, fountain; wealth, money
Similar Characters: 朜
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Example Words
前列腺 qián liè xiàn prostate
甲状腺 jiǎ zhuàng xiàn thyroid gland
性腺 xìng xiàn gonad; sex gland
胰腺 yí xiàn pancreas
乳腺 rǔ xiàn mammary gland
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Example Sentences
1
这一切的罪魁祸首就是甲状旁腺
。
The culprits in all this are the parathyroid glands.
2
将眼睑翻转可发现一扩张的睑板腺
。
Eversion of the eyelid may show a dilated meibomian gland.
3
这项研究旨在检查唾腺反应是否真地存在
。
The study examines whether a salivary gland reaction really exists.
4
这一腺病毒稍微有些特殊的是
,
它具有让健康的年轻人患上重病的威力
。
What makes this particular adenovirus a little different is that it has the capability of making healthy young adults severely ill.
5
肥胖的另一个起因
(
也是非常令我着迷的一个
)
就是关于一个称作腺病毒
-
36
的病毒
。
Another cause of obesity, one that really fascinates me, has to do with a virus called the adenovirus-36.