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 effect is to turn the gonad into an exclusively ductless gland.
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
It is a "ductless" gland, its secretions apparently being taken up by absorption into the lymph, and from that into the blood.
From Vitality Supreme by Bernarr Macfadden
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