oil gland

  • 91glandula sebacea — [TA] sebaceous gland: one of the holocrine glands of the skin that are are located in the dermis and secrete sebum. Called also oil gland. Cross section of multiple sebaceous glands (glandulae sebaceae) in the superficial lamina propria …

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  • 92juniper — /jooh neuh peuhr/, n. 1. any evergreen, coniferous shrub or tree of the genus Juniperus, esp. J. communis, having cones that resemble dark blue or blackish berries used in flavoring gin and in medicine as a diuretic. 2. a tree mentioned in the… …

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  • 93poultry processing — Introduction       preparation of meat from various types of fowl (poultry) for consumption by humans.       Poultry is a major source of consumable animal protein. For example, per capita consumption of poultry in the United States has more than …

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  • 94elaeodochon — ˌelēˈädəˌkän noun ( s) Etymology: New Latin, from Greek elaiodochon, neuter of elaiodochos holding oil, from elaio + dochos containing, able to hold more at choledoch : the oil gland of a bird situated near the base of the tail …

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  • 95whitehead — noun Date: circa 1931 a small whitish lump in the skin due to retention of keratin in an oil gland duct called also milium …

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  • 96Great Argus — Taxobox name = Great Argus status = NT | status system = IUCN3.1 image width = 225px regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Aves ordo = Galliformes familia = Phasianidae genus = Argusianus species = A. argus binomial = Argusianus argus… …

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  • 97grebe — /greeb/, n. any diving bird of the family Podicipedidae, related to the loons, but having a rudimentary tail and lobate rather than webbed toes. Cf. great crested grebe, pied billed grebe. [1760 70; < F grèbe < ?] * * * Any of about 18 species of …

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  • 98charadriiform — ▪ bird order Introduction    any member of the large group of birds (bird) that includes the sandpipers (sandpiper), plovers (plover), gulls (gull), auks (auk), and their relatives. These birds form an important and familiar segment of the&#8230; …

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  • 99Cyst, meibomian — Also called a chalazion or a tarsal cyst, an inflammation of the oil gland of the eyelid …

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  • 100Cyst, tarsal — Also called a chalazion or a Meibomian cyst, an inflammation of the oil gland of the eyelid …

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