Heart Failure Â». Heart failure is the pathophysiologic state in which the heart, via an abnormality of cardiac function (detectable or not), fails to pump blood at a rate commensurate with the requirements of the metabolizing tissues and/or pumps only from an abnormally elevated diastolic filling pressure.
(Physiology) a glandular organ of vertebrates, consisting in man of two lobes situated below the thyroid. In early life it produces lymphocytes and is thought to influence certain immunological responses.
gland2 in American English (glÃ¦nd ; gland) gland in Mechanical Engineering (glÃ¦nd) A gland is a device that stops a fluid leaking along a rotating shaft or reciprocating rod passing through a boundary between areas of high and low pressure. The gland in the head of the faucet prevents water from leaking up the shaft when the faucet is turned on.