salivary gland

English

Noun

salivary gland (plural salivary glands)

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

Translations

any of exocrine glands producing saliva to break down carbohydrates in food enzymatically

• Arabic: غُدّة لُعَابِيّة f (ḡudda luʕābiyya)
• Belarusian: слі́нная зало́за f (slínnaja zalóza)
• Bulgarian: слю́нчена жлеза́ f (sljúnčena žlezá)
• Catalan: glàndula salival f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 唾腺 (zh) (tuòxiàn), 唾液腺 (zh) (tuòyèxiàn), 涎腺 (zh) (xiánxiàn)

• Czech: slinná žláza f
• Danish: spytkirtel (da) c
• Dutch: speekselklier (nl) m or f
• Estonian: süljenääre
• Finnish: sylkirauhanen (fi)
• French: glande salivaire (fr) f
• German: Speicheldrüse (de) f
• Hawaiian: lōkuʻu hāʻae
• Hungarian: nyálmirigy (hu)
• Irish: faireog sheileach f
• Italian: ghiandola salivare f
• Japanese: 唾液腺 (ja) (だえきせん, daekisen)
• Korean: 침샘 (chimsaem), 타액선(唾液腺) (taaekseon)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: rijênê lîkê m, lîkerijên m

• Macedonian: плунковна жлезда f (plunkovna žlezda)
• Maori: repe hūware
• Nogai: силекей бези (silekey bezi)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: spyttkjertel m

• Polish: ślinianka f, gruczoł ślinowy m
• Portuguese: glândula salivar f
• Romanian: glandă salivară (ro) f
• Russian: слю́нная железа́ (ru) f (sljúnnaja železá)
• Slovak: slinná žľaza f
• Slovene: žleza slinavka f, slinavka f
• Spanish: glándula salival (es) f
• Swedish: spottkörtel (sv) c
• Tagalog: katasang-laway
• Thai: ต่อมน้ำลาย (dtɔ̀m-nám-laai)
• Turkish: tükürük bezi, tükürük bezleri (tr)
• Ukrainian: сли́нна за́лоза f (slýnna záloza)
• Vietnamese: tuyến bước bọt
• Welsh: chwarren boer f