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Salivary gland
Answer for the clue "Salivary gland ", 7 letters:
parotid
Word definitions for parotid in dictionaries
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. Relating to the parotid gland. n. The parotid gland.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Parotid \Pa*rot"id\, a. [L. parotis, -idis, Gr. ?, ?; para` beside, near + ?, ?, the ear: cf. F. parotide. ] (Anat.) Situated near the ear; -- applied especially to the salivary gland near the ear. Of, pertaining to, or in the region of, the parotid gland. ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"situated near the ear," 1680s, from French parotide (1540s), or directly from Latin parotid- , stem of parotis , from Greek parotis "tumor near the ear," from para- "beside" (see para- (1)) + ot- , stem of ous "ear" (see ear (n.1)). As a noun, "the parotid ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adj. relating to or located near the parotid gland
Usage examples of parotid.
The saliva is composed of four elementary secretions, derived respectively, from the mucous follicles of the mouth, and the parotid, the submaxillary, and the sublingual glands.
One abnormal metabolite looming as a possibility is bufotenin, a "toad poison" — that is, one of a group of toxic substances found in the parotid glands of toads.
I observed that in some of the cases of scurvy the parotid glands were greatly swollen, and in some instances to such an extent as to preclude entirely the power to articulate.