How to Use glandular in a Sentence
glandular
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The fibrous tissue helps to hold the breast in place while the glandular tissues are what produce and store breast milk.
—Health.com, 27 Oct. 2021
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The result is a granular, glandular re-creation that's much more fun to read than the movie was to watch.
—Allan Fallow, chicagotribune.com, 1 May 2018
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Connective and glandular tissue is white on X-rays – the same color as a growth in the breast.
—Marina Pitofsky, USA TODAY, 9 Mar. 2023
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Breast density Breasts are made of dense glandular tissue and fat.
—Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 23 Jan. 2018
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Human breasts are made up of fat as well as glandular and connective tissue, blood vessels, and lymph nodes.
—Carolyn Wells, Longreads, 4 May 2022
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The oily glandular secretion that makes wool waterproof also keeps sheep (and human) hide smooth and soft.
—Patrick Di Justo, WIRED, 20 Dec. 2007
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Simply put, breasts are made up of fatty, glandular, and fibrous tissue.
—The Cut, 12 Oct. 2017
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Your body repairs itself during sleep, which helps keep your glandular system healthy and can improve your looks.
—Dahna M. Chandler, Woman's Day, 22 May 2017
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Your body repairs itself during sleep, which helps keep your glandular system healthy and can improve your looks.
—Dahna M. Chandler, Woman's Day, 22 May 2017
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Dense breasts tissue refers to breasts that are composed of more glandular and fibrous tissue than fatty tissue.
—Janelle Chavez, CNN, 23 Jan. 2023
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She was diagnosed with adenocarcinoma, a cancer that forms in the glandular cells of the body—most often found in the breast, pancreas, lung, prostate, and colon.
—Leah Groth, Health.com, 14 Nov. 2019
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If possible, get in touch with someone with a tracking dog, which will find your buck not by following blood, but the glandular scent carried between the deer’s hooves.
—Scott Bestul, Field & Stream, 4 May 2023
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The cause was glandular cancer, his daughter, Heather Cromartie, said.
—Sam Roberts, New York Times, 1 Sep. 2017
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Breasts are considered dense if they are composed of more glandular and connective tissue than fat.
—Leah Small, Scientific American, 10 Apr. 2023
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There are many areas of dense glandular and connective tissues.
—Valerie Debenedette, Verywell Health, 28 Mar. 2023
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The fibrous and glandular tissues are collectively referred to as dense tissue, and those with dense breasts have more of these two kinds in relation to the amount of fatty tissue present.
—Health.com, 27 Oct. 2021
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Breasts are made up of fatty tissue, fibrous tissue, and glandular tissue (also known as ducts and lobules).
—Health.com, 27 Oct. 2021
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In fact, a 1909 study documented the same species of cave-climbing earwig grazing on the dead skin and glandular secretions of bats a few hundred miles south, on the Indonesian island of Java.
—Photograph Courtesy Michael Hastriter, National Geographic, 5 Mar. 2017
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The family said that the cause was a heart attack and organ failure brought on by septic shock, and that Mr. Robinson also had adenocarcinoma, a cancer of the glandular cells.
—New York Times, 13 July 2021
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One of the really common risk factors for breast cancer is breast density, and that’s a measure of the amount of fibers or glandular tissue — dense tissue —compared with fatty tissue.
—Elizabeth Cooney, STAT, 31 Aug. 2021
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Men with gynecomastia suffer from a buildup of glandular tissue that nature designed to secrete substances, such as milk or hormones, through a network of ducts.
—Eric Pianin, Washington Post, 6 Mar. 2018
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These are fibrous tissue, which holds breast tissue in place; glandular tissue, which is responsible for making milk; and fatty tissue, which gives breasts their size and shape and fills the space in between the other tissue.
—Maggie O'Neill, SELF, 15 Mar. 2023
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The breasts are almost completely dense with glandular and fibrous connective tissue.
—Valerie Debenedette, Verywell Health, 28 Mar. 2023
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My doctor tried to quell my fears by explaining it’s merely an unusual thickening or hardening of the uterine wall caused by the glandular tissue being pushed into the muscle.
—Jenna Rosenstein, Harper's BAZAAR, 22 June 2017
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Their vibrant superpower comes from three molecules that linger in their lymph tissue, skin, and glandular secretions.
—Julissa Treviño, Smithsonian, 9 Apr. 2018
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It is hypothesized that both species of mites feed upon sebum as a primary food source but may also munch on follicular and glandular epithelia.
—Rebecca Kreston, Discover Magazine, 18 Apr. 2011
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Extremely dense breast tissue: Breasts have almost all dense glandular and fibrous connective tissue.
—Amber Brenza, Health, 10 Mar. 2023
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The man’s doctor ordered a series of test that came back positive for Francisella tularensis, leading to a glandular tularemia diagnosis.
—Alexandria Hein, Fox News, 12 Sep. 2018
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Having dense breasts basically means a person has a higher proportion of fibrous and glandular tissue compared with fatty tissue.
—Maggie O'Neill, SELF, 15 Mar. 2023
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Traditionally, surgeons used a scalpel and fairly primitive liposuction to remove fat and glandular tissue from the breasts.
—Eric Pianin, Washington Post, 6 Mar. 2018
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