Definition of Ductless gland

1. Noun. Any of the glands of the endocrine system that secrete hormones directly into the bloodstream.


Definition of Ductless gland

1. Noun. (anatomy) Any gland that secretes hormones directly into the bloodstream; especially the endocrine gland ¹

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Ductless Gland

ducted fan
ductible
ductile
ductile iron
ductilely
ductilimeter
ductilimeters
ductilities
ductility
ductin
ducting
ductings
duction
ductions
ductless
ductless gland (current term)
ductless glands
ductlike
ductopenia
ductopenic
ductor
ductors
ducts
ducts of Skene's glands
ductular
ductule
ductules
ductuli aberrantes
ductuli biliferi
ductuli excretorii glandulae lacrimalis

Literary usage of Ductless gland

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Exceptional Child by Maximilian Paul Eugen Groszmann (1917)
"The adjusting mechanisms of development are more or less reciprocal; thus a ductless gland not only influences development, but is itself influenced by ..."

2. A Text-book of the Principles of Animal Histology by Ulric Dahlgren, William Allison Kepner (1908)
"The adrenal gland originates in an entirely different manner from two kinds of tissues, and is a ductless gland in the body cavity. ..."

3. The Ductless Glandular Diseases by Wilhelm Falta (1916)
"The disease of an individual ductless gland regularly has as a sequel disturbance in the other ductless glands, that eventually may be recovered from if the ..."

4. Bulletin of Pharmacy (1920)
"The terms "ductless gland," "gland of internal secretion" and ... It is not necessary that there be destruction of a ductless gland to produce an altering ..."

5. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1889)
"ductless gland, a so-called gland, such as the spleen, thymus, thyroid, .... Thymus gland, a so-called ductless gland situated at the root of the throat, ..."

6. The Pituitary Body and Its Disorders: Clinical States Produced by Disorders by Harvey Cushing (1912)
"... group has been made under this heading, for the purpose of including a number of patients exhibiting unmistakable evidences of ductless gland disorder, ..."

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