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Meaning of 腺

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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:
Pictophonetic: indicates the sound; (flesh) conveys the meaning.
Character Formation:
  • Left to right
    • meat, flesh; organic compound
    • [ quán ] spring, fountain; wealth, money
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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 xiàn pancreas
乳腺 xiàn mammary gland
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Example Sentences
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The culprits in all this are the parathyroid glands.
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Eversion of the eyelid may show a dilated meibomian gland.
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The study examines whether a salivary gland reaction really exists.
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What makes this particular adenovirus a little different is that it has the capability of making healthy young adults severely ill.
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36
Another cause of obesity, one that really fascinates me, has to do with a virus called the adenovirus-36.