Organ vs. Gland

Organnoun

A larger part of an organism, composed of tissues that perform similar functions.

Organnoun

(by extension) A body of an organization dedicated to the performing of certain functions.

Organnoun

(musical instruments) A musical instrument that has multiple pipes which play when a key is pressed (the pipe organ), or an electronic instrument designed to replicate such.

Organnoun

An official magazine, newsletter, or similar publication of an organization.

Organnoun

A species of cactus (Stenocereus thurberi).

Organnoun

(slang) The penis.

Organverb

To supply with an organ or organs; to fit with organs.

Organnoun

An instrument or medium by which some important action is performed, or an important end accomplished; as, legislatures, courts, armies, taxgatherers, etc., are organs of government.

Organnoun

A natural part or structure in an animal or a plant, capable of performing some special action (termed its function), which is essential to the life or well-being of the whole; as, the heart, lungs, etc., are organs of animals; the root, stem, foliage, etc., are organs of plants.

Organnoun

A component part performing an essential office in the working of any complex machine; as, the cylinder, valves, crank, etc., are organs of the steam engine.

Organnoun

A medium of communication between one person or body and another; as, the secretary of state is the organ of communication between the government and a foreign power; a newspaper is the organ of its editor, or of a party, sect, etc. A newsletter distributed within an organization is often called its house organ.

Organnoun

A wind instrument containing numerous pipes of various dimensions and kinds, which are filled with wind from a bellows, and played upon by means of keys similar to those of a piano, and sometimes by foot keys or pedals; - formerly used in the plural, each pipe being considered an organ.

Organverb

To supply with an organ or organs; to fit with organs; to organize.

Organnoun

a fully differentiated structural and functional unit in an animal that is specialized for some particular function

Organnoun

a government agency or instrument devoted to the performance of some specific function;

Organnoun

(music) an electronic simulation of a pipe organ

Organnoun

a periodical that is published by a special interest group;

Organnoun

wind instrument whose sound is produced by means of pipes arranged in sets supplied with air from a bellows and controlled from a large complex musical keyboard

Organnoun

a free-reed instrument in which air is forced through the reeds by bellows

Organnoun

a part of an organism which is typically self-contained and has a specific vital function

Organnoun

used euphemistically to refer to the penis

Organnoun

a region of the brain formerly held to be the seat of a particular faculty.

Organnoun

a large musical instrument having rows of pipes supplied with air from bellows (now usually electrically powered), and played using a keyboard or by an automatic mechanism. The pipes are generally arranged in ranks of a particular type, each controlled by a stop, and often into larger sets linked to separate keyboards.

Organnoun

an electronic keyboard instrument that produces sounds similar to those of a pipe organ.

Organnoun

a department or organization that performs a specified function

Organnoun

a newspaper or periodical which promotes the views of a political party or movement

Glandnoun

(zoology) An organ that synthesizes a substance, such as hormones or breast milk, and releases it, often into the bloodstream (endocrine gland) or into cavities inside the body or its outer surface (exocrine gland).

Glandnoun

(botany) A secretory structure on the surface of an organ.

Glandnoun

(mechanical) A compressable cylindrical case and its contents around a shaft where it passes through a barrier, intended to prevent the passage of a fluid past the barrier, such as:

Glandnoun

A gland used around a ship’s propeller shaft.

Glandnoun

A gland used around a tap, valve or faucet.

Glandnoun

An organ for secreting something to be used in, or eliminated from, the body; as, the sebaceous glands of the skin; the salivary glands of the mouth.

Glandnoun

A special organ of plants, usually minute and globular, which often secretes some kind of resinous, gummy, or aromatic product.

Glandnoun

The movable part of a stuffing box by which the packing is compressed; - sometimes called a follower. See Illust. of Stuffing box, under Stuffing.

Glandnoun

The crosspiece of a bayonet clutch.

Glandnoun

any of various organs that synthesize substances needed by the body and release it through ducts or directly into the bloodstream

Gland

A gland is a group of cells in an animal's body that synthesizes substances (such as hormones) for release into the bloodstream (endocrine gland) or into cavities inside the body or its outer surface (exocrine gland).