apocrine gland

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A coiled, tubular gland whose secretory cells accumulate their products on their apical surfaces that are then pinched off to become the secretion, as in the mammary glands.

Apocrine sweat gland.

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Others who, because of a tumor in the pituitary gland, may overproduce HGH develop a different problem: gigantism.
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Carrey sings: "You're a big, big man with a little bitty gland, so you need something bigger with a hairpin trigger."
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HGH is a hormone normally made in tiny amounts by the pituitary gland in all of us.
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To decimate the malformation, destroying the offending oil gland once it morphs into something with a head.
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The thymus gland attains a considerable development in the embryo and shrinks away to the merest vestige in the adult.
Man And His Ancestor|Charles Morris
The strong probability is that this gland belongs in the same category with other embryonic survivals yet to be pointed out.
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It is nearly always accompanied by a distinct hypertrophy of the thymus gland.
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I want a ball bat to club every country jake doctor that looks me over and asks about my pituitary gland.
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The mucus secreted from gland cells in this lining makes a slippery surface so that the food may slip down easily.
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