0 an organ of the body or of a plant that secretes (= produces) liquid chemicals that have various purposes:
1 an organ of the body that produces chemicals that influence activities such as growth, and that has an important effect on health:
sweat glands
It is unlikely that she will focus on their mammary glands since they are characteristic only of the females.
Our results offer little support to the view that oral contraceptives may protect against disorders of the sebaceous glands.
In prostate gland, only the larger splice variant is detected, indicating differential processing of the message in the two tissues.
At present sour, sugar-free sweets are advised to aid the stimulation of the salivary gland in conjunction with at least 8 glasses of water daily.
The aggregates are formed by the release of the adhesive post-acetabular gland secretion which causes the cercariae to stick together.
A firm, well circumscribed nodule with a homogenous pale purple cut surface was found in the right adrenal gland.
Furthermore, the state of maturation of the sporozoites in the tick salivary glands is difficult to estimate by histological examination.
Upon entering a snail, the parasite migrates to the heart and digestive gland where it transforms into successive stages of sporocysts.
