salivary gland

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noun Anatomy.

any of several glands, as the submaxillary glands, that secrete saliva.

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Origin of salivary gland

First recorded in 1700–10

Words nearby salivary gland

Salisbury Plain, Salisbury steak, Salish, Salishan, saliva, salivary gland, salivary glands, salivate, salivation, salivator, Salk

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How to use salivary gland in a sentence

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."
"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
Over time, these patients develop visibly enlarged salivary glands; they can also become malnourished.
5 Hidden Eating Disorders|Danielle Friedman|May 2, 2010|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
These migrate to the salivary glands, and are carried into the blood of the person whom the mosquito bites.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
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

British Dictionary definitions for salivary gland

salivary gland

noun

any of the glands in mammals that secrete saliva. In man the chief salivary glands are the parotid, sublingual and submaxillary glands

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Scientific definitions for salivary gland

salivary gland

[ săl′ə-vĕr′ē ]

A gland in terrestrial animals that secretes saliva. In humans, three pairs of large glands, which include the parotid glands, secrete saliva into the mouth.