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rescent ; with a nearly smooth sur- 

 face (hot.}. 



glabrescent, see glabrate. 



glabrous (glab'rus) a. [L. g/afer, 

 smooth.] With a smooth, even 

 surface. 



gladiate (glad'iat) a. [L. gladius, 

 sword.] Shaped like a sword (bot.). 



gladiolus (glad'io'lus) n. [L. gladiolus, 

 small sword.] The middle or largest 

 part of the sternum (anat.). 



gladius (glad'ius) n. [L. gfaSta, 

 sword.] The pen of a cuttle-fish 

 (tool.). 



gland cell, an isolated secreting 

 cell ; a cell of glandular epithelium. 



glands (glandz) n. plu. [L. glans, 

 an acorn.] Single cells or masses 

 of cells specialized for the elabora- 

 tion of secretions either for use in 

 the body or for excretion (anat.). 



glandula (glan'dula) n. \L. glandula, 

 small acorn.] An arachnoid granu- 

 lation on the outer surface of the 

 dura mater (anat.). 



glandular (glan'dular) a. [L. glandula, 

 small acorn.] Pert, a gland ; with 

 secreting function (zool.) ; bearing 

 a gland (hot.}. 



i.landular epithelium, the tissue of 

 glands, composed of polyhedral 

 c 'lumnar or cubical cells whose 

 protoplasm contains the material 

 secrtted (phys.). 



glandular tissue, tissue of single 

 or massed cells, parenchymatous 

 and filled with granular protoplasm, 

 adapted for secretion of aromatic 

 substances (hot.). 



glandule (glan'dul) n., see glandula. 



glandulose-serrate (glan'dulos-seYat) 

 a. [L. glandula, small acorn ; 

 serratus, sawn.] Having the serra- 

 tions tipped with glands (bot.). 



glans (glanz) n. [L. glans, acorn.] 

 A nut ; a hard, dry, indehiscent 

 one-celled fruit like an acorn (bot.) ; 

 a gland, especially the glans penis 

 (anaf.}. 



glaucescent (glosgs'gnt) a. [L. glau- 

 cus, sea-green.] Somewhat glaucous 

 (bot.). 



glaucous (glok'us) a. [L. glaucus, 

 sea-green.] Covered with a bluish- 

 green bloom (bot.). 



gleba (gle'ba) n. [L. gleba, clod.] 

 The central part of the sporophore 



in certain Fungi ; the spore-form- 

 ing apparatus in certain plants 

 (bot.). 



glebula (gle'bula) . [L. glebula, 

 small clod.] A small prominence 

 on a lichen thallus (bot.). 



glenohumeral (gle'nohu'mSral) a. 

 [Gk. glene, socket ; L. humerus, 

 the humerus.] Pert, glenoid fossa 

 and humerus ; appl. ligaments 

 (anaf.). 



glenoid (gle'noid) a. [Gk. glene, 

 socket ; eidos, resemblance.] Like 

 a socket ; appl. especially to the 

 cavity into which the head of the 

 humerus fits, the mandibular fossa, 

 and ligaments (anat.). 



glenoidal labrum, a fibro-carti- 

 laginous rim attached round the 

 margin of glenoid cavity and 

 acetabulum (anaf.). 



glia (gll'a, gle'a) n. [Gk. glia, glue.] 

 A cell of the neuroglia ; a support- 

 ing cell of nervous tissue (phys.). 



Glisson's capsule, a thin fibrous 

 capsule within the tunica serosa of 

 the liver (anat.). 



globate (glo'bat) a. [L. globus, globe.] 

 Globe-shaped. 



globigerina ooze (globg'erl'na ooz), 

 sea-bottom mud, which is largely 

 composed of foraminifera shells 

 (zool.). 



globin (glo'bin) n. [L. globus, globe.] 

 The protein constituent of haemo- 

 globin (phys.). 



globoid (glo'boid) n. [L. globus, 

 globe ; Gk. eidos, resemblance.] A 

 spherical body of aleurone grains; 

 a double phosphate of calcium and 

 magnesium (bot.). 



globose (globes') a. [L. globus, globe.] 

 Spherical or globe-shaped. 



globular (glob'ular) a., see globose. 



globule (glSb'ul) n. [L. globulus, 

 small globe.] Any minute spher- 

 ical structure ; the antheridium of 

 Characeae (bot.). 



globulin (glob'ulin) n. [L. globus, 

 globe.] A proteid such as fib- 

 rinogen, vitellin (phys.). 



globulose (glob'ulos) a. [L. globus, 

 globe.] Spherical ; consisting of, 

 or containing globules. 



glochidiate (glokTd'Iat) a. [Gk. 

 glochis, arrow - point.] Furnished 

 with barbed hairs (bot.). 



