Phrase guide

salivary gland

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

Any of several exocrine glands that produce saliva to break down carbohydrates in food enzymatically.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: saliva gland

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

any of three pairs of glands in the mouth and digestive system that secrete saliva for digestion

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: exocrine gland, exocrine, duct gland

Narrower terms: parotid gland, sublingual gland, sublingual salivary gland, submaxillary gland, submaxillary salivary gland, submandibular gland, submandibular salivary gland, mandibular gland

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

44 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: غُدّة لُعَابِيّة (ḡudda luʕābiyya) — any of exocrine glands producing saliva to break down carbohydrates in food enzymatically
  • Belarusian: слі́нная зало́за (slínnaja zalóza) — any of exocrine glands producing saliva to break down carbohydrates in food enzymatically
  • Bulgarian: слю́нчена жлеза́ (sljúnčena žlezá) — any of exocrine glands producing saliva to break down carbohydrates in food enzymatically
  • Catalan: glàndula salival — any of exocrine glands producing saliva to break down carbohydrates in food enzymatically
  • Chinese Mandarin: 唾腺 (tuòxiàn) — any of exocrine glands producing saliva to break down carbohydrates in food enzymatically
  • Chinese Mandarin: 唾液腺 (tuòyèxiàn) — any of exocrine glands producing saliva to break down carbohydrates in food enzymatically
  • Chinese Mandarin: 涎腺 (xiánxiàn) — any of exocrine glands producing saliva to break down carbohydrates in food enzymatically
  • Czech: slinná žláza — any of exocrine glands producing saliva to break down carbohydrates in food enzymatically
  • Danish: spytkirtel — any of exocrine glands producing saliva to break down carbohydrates in food enzymatically
  • Dutch: speekselklier — any of exocrine glands producing saliva to break down carbohydrates in food enzymatically
  • Estonian: süljenääre — any of exocrine glands producing saliva to break down carbohydrates in food enzymatically
  • Finnish: sylkirauhanen — any of exocrine glands producing saliva to break down carbohydrates in food enzymatically
  • French: glande salivaire — any of exocrine glands producing saliva to break down carbohydrates in food enzymatically
  • German: Speicheldrüse — any of exocrine glands producing saliva to break down carbohydrates in food enzymatically
  • Hawaiian: lōkuʻu hāʻae — any of exocrine glands producing saliva to break down carbohydrates in food enzymatically
  • Hungarian: nyálmirigy — any of exocrine glands producing saliva to break down carbohydrates in food enzymatically
  • Irish: faireog sheileach — any of exocrine glands producing saliva to break down carbohydrates in food enzymatically
  • Italian: ghiandola salivare — any of exocrine glands producing saliva to break down carbohydrates in food enzymatically
  • Japanese: 唾液腺 (daekisen) — any of exocrine glands producing saliva to break down carbohydrates in food enzymatically
  • Korean: 침샘 (chimsaem) — any of exocrine glands producing saliva to break down carbohydrates in food enzymatically
  • Korean: 타액선 (taaekseon) — any of exocrine glands producing saliva to break down carbohydrates in food enzymatically
  • Northern Kurdish: rijênê lîkê — any of exocrine glands producing saliva to break down carbohydrates in food enzymatically
  • Northern Kurdish: lîkerijên — any of exocrine glands producing saliva to break down carbohydrates in food enzymatically
  • Macedonian: плунковна жлезда (plunkovna žlezda) — any of exocrine glands producing saliva to break down carbohydrates in food enzymatically
  • Māori: repe hūware — any of exocrine glands producing saliva to break down carbohydrates in food enzymatically
  • Nogai: силекей бези (silekey bezi) — any of exocrine glands producing saliva to break down carbohydrates in food enzymatically
  • Norwegian Bokmål: spyttkjertel — any of exocrine glands producing saliva to break down carbohydrates in food enzymatically
  • Polish: ślinianka — any of exocrine glands producing saliva to break down carbohydrates in food enzymatically
  • Polish: gruczoł ślinowy — any of exocrine glands producing saliva to break down carbohydrates in food enzymatically
  • Portuguese: glândula salivar — any of exocrine glands producing saliva to break down carbohydrates in food enzymatically
  • Romanian: glandă salivară — any of exocrine glands producing saliva to break down carbohydrates in food enzymatically
  • Russian: слю́нная железа́ (sljúnnaja železá) — any of exocrine glands producing saliva to break down carbohydrates in food enzymatically
  • Slovak: slinná žľaza — any of exocrine glands producing saliva to break down carbohydrates in food enzymatically
  • Slovene: žleza slinavka — any of exocrine glands producing saliva to break down carbohydrates in food enzymatically
  • Slovene: slinavka — any of exocrine glands producing saliva to break down carbohydrates in food enzymatically
  • Spanish: glándula salival — any of exocrine glands producing saliva to break down carbohydrates in food enzymatically
  • Swedish: spottkörtel — any of exocrine glands producing saliva to break down carbohydrates in food enzymatically
  • Tagalog: katasang-laway — any of exocrine glands producing saliva to break down carbohydrates in food enzymatically
  • Thai: ต่อมน้ําลาย (dtɔ̀m-nám-laai) — any of exocrine glands producing saliva to break down carbohydrates in food enzymatically
  • Turkish: tükürük bezi — any of exocrine glands producing saliva to break down carbohydrates in food enzymatically
  • Turkish: tükürük bezleri — any of exocrine glands producing saliva to break down carbohydrates in food enzymatically
  • Ukrainian: сли́нна за́лоза (slýnna záloza) — any of exocrine glands producing saliva to break down carbohydrates in food enzymatically
  • Vietnamese: tuyến bước bọt — any of exocrine glands producing saliva to break down carbohydrates in food enzymatically
  • Welsh: chwarren boer — any of exocrine glands producing saliva to break down carbohydrates in food enzymatically