glandular disorder
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- noun
- /ˈɡlændjələr dɪsˈɔrdər/
- Specialized
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trastorno glandular
- The doctor explained that a glandular disorder can lead to hormonal imbalances.
Examples
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He was diagnosed with a glandular disorder that affects his metabolism.
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They proposed attending to the side effects of gold medications where there is comorbidity of rheumatoid arthritis and a neurological, psychiatric, or glandular disorder.
Blog text (8) -
As part of her treatment plan, she learned how to manage her glandular disorder effectively.
Synonyms
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A health problem that affects a body part that makes important liquids and often changes how it works
A disease that makes the body's glands not work properly or change the liquids they make
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a medical condition involving glands' is directly and compositionally derived from 'glandular' (related to glands) combined with 'disorder' (a diagnosed condition). This is a regular adjective + noun formation following standard semantic composition and is therefore readily inferable by a B1 learner who knows both constituent words.
Etymology
Glandular disorder comes from thinking of a gland as a small factory that makes important body chemicals or fluids and disorder as when that factory stops working or works badly. So, a glandular disorder means 'a condition where one or more glands do not work properly'.