GLANS

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Irregular inflected form: glandes

Meaning:

A small rounded structure; especially that at the end of the penis or clitoris

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("glans" is a kind of...):

anatomical structure; bodily structure; body structure; complex body part; structure (a particular complex anatomical part of a living thing and its construction and arrangement)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "glans"):

glans clitoridis (small mass of erectile tissue at the end of the body of the clitoris)

glans penis (the conical mass of erectile tissue that forms the head of the penis)