How to Pronounce Skene Glands

Say it like this: SKEEN glandz. The first part rhymes with the word 'keen,' and the second part is just like the word 'glands.' The stress is on that first syllable—SKEEN—so you say it a bit louder than the second part.

Many people say 'SKEE-nee' (rhyming with 'bikini'), but that's not correct. The right way is SKEEN (one syllable, rhyming with 'keen'), followed by glandz. It's an easy mistake to make, but remember: it's SKEEN, not SKEE-nee.

It breaks into two parts: Skene (one syllable) and glands (one syllable). So it's simply SKEEN + glandz. It's a short, two-syllable term overall.

The word comes from Alexander Skene, a Scottish doctor who described these glands in the late 1800s. Medical terms are often named after the doctors who discovered or studied them, so this one keeps his name.

'Glands' are small organs in the body that make and release liquids or other substances. The word 'glands' is in the name because Skene glands are actual glands—tiny structures that produce secretions, just like many other glands in your body.

Not really—there's no common abbreviation for this term. Medical professionals usually just say the full name: Skene glands. Sometimes you might see it written as 'paraurethral glands' (meaning glands near the urethra), but Skene glands is the standard name.

Here's an example: 'The anatomy textbook included a diagram labeling the Skene glands and their location near the urethra.' You'd use it just like any other body part name—straightforward and factual.

If you're talking about one gland, you say 'Skene gland.' If you're talking about more than one, you say 'Skene glands'—just like the difference between 'one gland' and 'multiple glands.' In most medical conversations, people use the plural form since there are typically two of these structures.