An archaic or variant term for a gland, particularly used in early medical texts.
From Latin glandula (acorn, gland—so named because glands resemble acorns). The -er variant ending is an older English formation pattern.
Glands got their name from acorns (Latin glandula) because acorns seemed like the perfect metaphor for small, rounded glandular structures—medieval doctors were visual thinkers!
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