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Parotid gland   Listen
Parotid gland

noun
1.
A large salivary gland that produces 50% of daytime saliva; in human beings it is located in front of and below each ear.





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"Parotid gland" Quotes from Famous Books



... of the Viper consists of a yellowish liquid, secreted in a glandular structure (situated immediately below the skin on either side of the head), which is believed to represent the parotid gland of the higher animals. If a viper be made to bite something solid, so as to avoid its poison, the following are the appearances under the microscope:—At first nothing is seen but a parcel of salts nimbly floating in the liquor, but ...
— The Illustrated London Reading Book • Various
... pyrethrum, held in the mouth acts as a sialagogue externally by stimulating the excretory ducts of the salivary glands; and the siliqua hirsuta applied externally to the parotid gland, and even hard substances in the ear, are said to have the same effect. Mastich chewed in the mouth emulges ...
— Zoonomia, Vol. II - Or, the Laws of Organic Life • Erasmus Darwin


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