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glands

  1. Organs or groups of cells that take substances from the blood and change them chemically so that they can be secreted later for further use by the body. There are two kinds of glands: those that secrete their substances directly into the bloodstream ( endocrine glands ), and those that secrete their substances through channels or ducts (such as sweat glands and salivary glands ).


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Mr Nixon, Susannah's surgeon, said people have six major saliva glands and Susannah's tumour was on the largest one under the ear.

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This included the removal of her teeth and salivary glands, the use of a wheelchair and the insertion of a feeding tube, according to Blanchard.

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Researchers generated three-dimensional images of miniature brain regions, digestive glands, a primitive circulatory system and even traces of the nerves supplying the larva’s simple legs and eyes.

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“If only my feeble hands could remove / This neuroblastoma tumor from your adrenal glands,” he raps.

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The appearance of the virus in mammary glands — in cattle and even in non lactating mice — was also unexpected.

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