ductless gland

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noun

endocrine gland.

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Origin of ductless gland

First recorded in 1840–50

Words nearby ductless gland

ductility, ducting, duction, duct keel, ductless, ductless gland, ductor, ducts of Rivinus, duct tape, ductule, ductus

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How to use ductless gland in a sentence

Others who, because of a tumor in the pituitary gland, may overproduce HGH develop a different problem: gigantism.
Is HGH, Allegedly Alex Rodriguez’s Drug of Choice, Really So Bad?|Kent Sepkowitz|August 1, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Carrey sings: "You're a big, big man with a little bitty gland, so you need something bigger with a hairpin trigger."
"Hee-Haw": Jim Carrey Mocks Gun Lovers & Charlton Heston In Spoof|Anna Klassen|March 25, 2013|DAILY BEAST
HGH is a hormone normally made in tiny amounts by the pituitary gland in all of us.
Where Were the Doctors to Testify at Roger Clemens’s Perjury Trial?|Kent Sepkowitz|June 20, 2012|DAILY BEAST
To decimate the malformation, destroying the offending oil gland once it morphs into something with a head.
My Odyssey Into Extreme Dermatology|Elizabeth Hayt|April 15, 2009|DAILY BEAST

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.
Man And His Ancestor|Charles Morris
It is nearly always accompanied by a distinct hypertrophy of the thymus gland.
Essays In Pastoral Medicine|Austin Malley
I want a ball bat to club every country jake doctor that looks me over and asks about my pituitary gland.
David Lannarck, Midget|George S. Harney
Sometimes those which do nothing but furnish these secretions are spoken of as "ductless glands," from their structure.
Taboo and Genetics|Melvin Moses Knight, Iva Lowther Peters, and Phyllis Mary Blanchard

British Dictionary definitions for ductless gland

ductless gland

noun

anatomy See endocrine gland

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Medical definitions for ductless gland

ductless gland

endocrine gland

Scientific definitions for ductless gland

ductless gland

[ dŭkt′lĭs ]

See endocrine gland.