ductless gland
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of ductless gland
First recorded in 1840–50
Example Sentences
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The thyroid is a double-lobed ductless gland in the neck, which ancients compared to a shield.
From Time Magazine Archive
Characters: Adolph Roome III, 14, more than 6 ft. tall, weight 235 lb., overgrown apparently from the disfunction of his pituitary body, a ductless gland which controls growth.
From Time Magazine Archive
The spleen, or milt, is a ductless gland 2� by 4� in. lying under the lower left ribs.
From Time Magazine Archive
The thymus is a small ductless gland situated at the base of the neck, whose functions are imperfectly understood, though its secretion or " hormone " is believed to influence children's growth and bone formation.
From Time Magazine Archive
The thyroid, which in the adult is a complicated ductless gland, has in the young Ammocoetes the form of a longitudinal groove of the ventral wall of the pharynx.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8 "Cube" to "Daguerre, Louis" by Various
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