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Definition: Glans |
GlansNoun1. A small rounded gland-like structure; especially that at the end of the penis or clitoris. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Etymology: Glans \Glans\n.; plural Glandes. [Latin expression See Gland.]. (Websters 1913) |
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Multilingual Slang | Spanish (capullo ). (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: Glans |
| English words defined with "glans": Glandes, glans clitoridis, glans penis ♦ Paraphimosis, phimosis. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "glans": Glandiferous, Glandiform, Glandule. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Glans" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Dutch (gloss, sheen), Latin (acorn), Norwegian (glamour, glory, gloss, lustre), Swedish (brightness, brilliancy, burnish, eclat, glare, glaze, glitter, glory, gloss, lambency, lustre, panache, polish, pride, resplendence, sheen, shine, splendor, splendour). |
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This patient has a primary syphilitic chancre of the glans penis. A chancre is a primary skin lesion of syphilis, which begins at the site of inoculation after an interval of 10-30 days, and appears as a papule or red ulcerated skin lesion.Credit: CDC. | A small atypical darkfield-positive chancre of the glans. A chancre is a primary skin lesion of syphilis which begins at the site of infection after an interval of 10-30 days as a papule or red ulcerated skin lesion.Credit: CDC. | ||
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| "Glans" is generally used as a noun (plural) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Glans" is used about 18 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (plural) | 100% | 18 | 82,615 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "glans": glans clitoridis ♦ glans penis. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
glans | 109 | glans enlargement specialist | 3 |
glans penis | 50 | glans enlargement surgeon | 3 |
clitoris glans | 14 | glans enlargement procedure | 3 |
glans enlargement | 10 | glans enlargement expert | 3 |
corona glans | 7 | glans enhancement surgeon | 3 |
glans swollen | 5 | glans enhancement procedure | 3 |
glans photo | 4 | glans enhancement expert | 3 |
glans large | 4 | glans enlargement doctor | 3 |
glans red | 4 | glans enhancement doctor | 3 |
exposed glans | 3 | glans enhancement surgery | 2 |
clitoridis glans | 3 | dry glans | 2 |
glans enlargement surgery | 3 | glans huge | 2 |
glans shape | 3 | foreskin glans | 2 |
glans enhancement specialist | 3 | glans penis red | 2 |
female glans | 3 | glans splitting | 2 |
circumcised glans guy | 3 | bacterial glans infection | 2 |
erection glans | 3 | eczema glans | 2 |
glans enhancement | 3 | glans penis skin | 2 |
exposed glans time | 2 | ||
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "glans"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | حشفة القضيب, رأس العضو التناسلي عند الذكر. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | glans (brightness, brillance, brilliance, finish, glaze, gloss, lustre, lustre of fabric, polish, sheen). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | glans (brilliance, finish, gloss, haze, light diffusion, lustre, polish, sheen), eikel (acorn, tassel). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | gland. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Eichel (acorn, glans penis). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | βάλανος (barnacle). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | "עטר" (coronation, crowning). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | ghianda (acorn, tassel). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 亀 , グラ 陽性菌 (environmentally friendly, gland, glee club, gram-positive bacteria, grand, grand opera, grand piano, Grand Prix, Grand Prix race, grand sale, grand slam, grandstand play, grease, green, greeting card, ground). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | きとう (a cylinder, prayer), グランス . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | kione y woid (glans penis). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ansglay glande (acorn, mast, tassel). (various references) коронование, венчание (wedding). (various references) glavić, žir (acorn, mast, oak apple, oak gall, oak-nut, pannage). (various references) glande. (various references) ollon (acorn, mast, pannage). (various references) penis ucu, klitoris başı. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words ending with "glans": raglans. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words ending with "ans": Sans. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: slang. | |
| Words within the letters "a-g-l-n-s" | |
-1 letter: gals, lags, lang, nags, sang, slag, snag. | |
-2 letters: als, gal, gan, gas, lag, las, nag, sag, sal. | |
-3 letters: ag, al, an, as, la, na. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-g-l-n-s" | |
+1 letter: algins, aligns, angels, angles, clangs, glands, gleans, gnarls, lagans, lasing, liangs, ligans, lingas, logans, signal, slangs, slangy, slogan. | |
+2 letters: ablings, agnails, analogs, angelus, anglers, anlages, bangles, dangles, flagons, flanges, fungals, galenas, gallons, gelants, gingals, glances, glandes, glucans, glycans, jangles, jingals, kalongs, lacings, ladings, lagends, lagoons, lagunas, lagunes, lakings, langues, langurs, lanugos, lapsing, lasagna, lasagne, lashing, lasting, lawings, leasing, ligands, linages, lingams, linsang, longans, lungans, maligns, mangels, mangles, nilgais, nilgaus, palings, raglans, sailing, salting, salving, sapling, scaling, sealing, signals, slaking, slanged, slating, slaving, slaying, slogans, spangle, spangly, staling, tangles, wangles. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)47 6C 61 6E 73 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000111 01101100 01100001 01101110 01110011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)G l a n s |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0047 006C 0061 006E 0073 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)4178678085 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Commercial 4. Images: Photo Album | 5. Usage Frequency 6. Expressions 7. Expressions: Internet 8. Translations: Modern | 9. Derivations 10. Rhymes 11. Anagrams 12. Orthography | 13. Bibliography |
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