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Definition of Parotid
1. Adjective. Relating to or located near the parotid gland.
Definition of Parotid
1. a. Situated near the ear; -- applied especially to the salivary gland near the ear.
2. n. The parotid gland.
Definition of Parotid
1. Adjective. Relating to the parotid gland. ¹
2. Noun. The parotid gland. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Parotid
1. a salivary gland [n -S]
Medical Definition of Parotid
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Parotid
Literary usage of Parotid
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Anatomy: Descriptive and Surgical by Henry Gray, Thomas Pickering Pick (1897)
"The arteries supplying the parotid gland are derived from the external carotid,
and from the branches given off by that vessel in or near its substance. ..."
2. A Text-book of the Physiological Chemistry of the Animal Body: Including an by Arthur Gamgee (1893)
"I.] parotid SALIVA. and rabbit stimulation of the sympathetic causes secretion,
very much as in the case of the submaxillary ..."
3. Anatomy, Descriptive and Applied by Henry Gray (1913)
"Oc sionally small glands are found in the subcutaneous tissue over the parotid gla.
Their afferent vessels drain the root of the nose ..."
4. A Text Book of Physiology by Michael Foster (1894)
"In fact we might almost take the parotid, as thus studied, ... In the cells of
the parotid gland and other albuminous cells the granules seen in the living ..."
5. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1839)
"Extirpation of parotid Gland—This operation has been performed by C. WID. ...
The tumour was in the right parotid region, of enormous size, rising to the ..."
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