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Definition of Duct gland
1. Noun. A gland that secretes externally through a duct.
Generic synonyms: Gland, Secreter, Secretor, Secretory Organ
Specialized synonyms: Oil Gland, Sudoriferous Gland, Sweat Gland, Lachrymal Gland, Lacrimal Gland, Tear Gland, Pancreas, Bulbourethral Gland, Cowper's Gland, Cervical Glands, Cervical Glands Of The Uterus, Glandulae Cervicales Uteri, Seminal Vesicle, Digestive Gland, Salivary Gland, Mamma, Mammary Gland, Nabothian Gland, Vestibular Gland
Lexicographical Neighbors of Duct Gland
Literary usage of Duct gland
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Outline of psychobiology by Knight Dunlap (1917)
"The simplest duct-gland is a pit or pocket in an epithelial surface, lined with
secreting cells.17 This pit may be tubular in shape, whether straight or ..."
2. The American Journal of Clinical Medicine (1906)
"This mode of evolution seems to indicate that the ductless gland with an internal
secretion is a higher stage of development of a duct gland with ..."
3. The Elements of Scientific Psychology by Knight Dunlap (1922)
"The duct of a duct gland may be dilated or constricted. By dilation, secretion
may be allowed to accumulate in the duct, and later squeezed out by ..."
4. The Field of Disease: A Book of Preventive Medicine by Benjamin Ward Richardson (1884)
"These are duct gland*. Analyzing the facts further, we should detect that the
duct glands do nut return all the blood they receive from their arteries by ..."
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