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submaxillary gland
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Origin of submaxillary gland
First recorded in 1780–90
Words nearby submaxillary gland
submariner, submarining, submatrix, submaxilla, submaxillary, submaxillary gland, submediant, submental, submerge, submerged, submerged arc welding
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How to use submaxillary gland in a sentence
This view was finally established in 1858 by Claude Bernard's experiments on the chorda tympani and the submaxillary gland.
Experiments on Animals|Stephen PagetAcute infection of the submaxillary gland is met with under the same conditions as that of the parotid.
The acute phlegmonous peri-adenitis of the submaxillary gland, known as angina Ludovici, is referred to at p. 597.
British Dictionary definitions for submaxillary gland
submaxillary gland
noun
(in mammals) either of a pair of salivary glands situated on each side behind the lower jaw
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