ductless gland
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of ductless gland
First recorded in 1840–50
Example Sentences
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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
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 thyroid is a double-lobed ductless gland in the neck, which ancients compared to a shield.
From Time Magazine Archive
This ductless gland, apparently the rudiment of a third eye,* lies in among the interior folds of the brain.
From Time Magazine Archive
Until further and more convincing evidence is offered by competent investigators, I prefer to look with some skepticism upon the ductless gland theory of the causation of arteriosclerosis.
From Arteriosclerosis and Hypertension: with Chapters on Blood Pressure, 3rd Edition. by Warfield, Louis Marshall
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