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Definition of Salivary gland

1. Noun. Any of three pairs of glands in the mouth and digestive system that secrete saliva for digestion.

Definition of Salivary gland

1. Noun. (anatomy) Any of several exocrine glands that produce saliva to break down carbohydrates in food enzymatically. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Salivary gland

1. Any of the saliva-secreting exocrine glands of the oral cavity. Synonym: glandula salivaria. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Salivary Gland

Literary usage of Salivary gland

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

1. A Text Book of Physiology by Michael Foster (1899)
"A salivary gland such as the submaxillary consists of a long main duct which pursues an undivided course backwards for several centimetres from its opening ..."

2. A Textbook of Physiology by Michael Foster (1889)
"A salivary gland such as the submaxillary consists of a long main duct which pursues an undivided course backwards for several centimetres from its opening ..."

3. Manual of the International List of Causes of Death: Based on the Second by United States Bureau of the Census, Cressy Livingston Wilbur (1911)
"... Abscess of buccal cavity parotid gland salivary gland submaxillary gland ... of salivary gland Cyst of lip mouth salivary gland Dental caries Disease of ..."

4. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"Each salivary gland is supplied by at least three classes of fibres, viz., secretory, vaso-constrictor, and vaso-dilator fibres, of which the first and the ..."

5. Surgery, Gynecology & Obstetrics by American College of Surgeons, Franklin H. Martin Memorial Foundation (1914)
"The submaxillary salivary gland is enucleated and its deep vascular attachments which pass through the muscles of the floor of the mouth are clamped and ..."

6. A Treatise on the Practice of Medicine by George Bacon Wood (1855)
"The pancreas is so similar in structure and product to the salivary gland-, that its diseases may, with propriety, be considered in the ваше category ..."

7. A Treatise on Physiology and Hygiene for Educational Institutions and by Joseph Chrisman Hutchison (1875)
"... quire an abundant SUp- -large salivary gland (a), its duct (6), the -11, FIG. 21.—THE HEAD OF A HOUSE, showing the ply of saliva, we find large ..."

8. A Text Book of Physiology by Michael Foster (1899)
"A salivary gland such as the submaxillary consists of a long main duct which pursues an undivided course backwards for several centimetres from its opening ..."

9. A Textbook of Physiology by Michael Foster (1889)
"A salivary gland such as the submaxillary consists of a long main duct which pursues an undivided course backwards for several centimetres from its opening ..."

10. Manual of the International List of Causes of Death: Based on the Second by United States Bureau of the Census, Cressy Livingston Wilbur (1911)
"... Abscess of buccal cavity parotid gland salivary gland submaxillary gland ... of salivary gland Cyst of lip mouth salivary gland Dental caries Disease of ..."

11. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"Each salivary gland is supplied by at least three classes of fibres, viz., secretory, vaso-constrictor, and vaso-dilator fibres, of which the first and the ..."

12. Surgery, Gynecology & Obstetrics by American College of Surgeons, Franklin H. Martin Memorial Foundation (1914)
"The submaxillary salivary gland is enucleated and its deep vascular attachments which pass through the muscles of the floor of the mouth are clamped and ..."

13. A Treatise on the Practice of Medicine by George Bacon Wood (1855)
"The pancreas is so similar in structure and product to the salivary gland-, that its diseases may, with propriety, be considered in the ваше category ..."

14. A Treatise on Physiology and Hygiene for Educational Institutions and by Joseph Chrisman Hutchison (1875)
"... quire an abundant SUp- -large salivary gland (a), its duct (6), the -11, FIG. 21.—THE HEAD OF A HOUSE, showing the ply of saliva, we find large ..."

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