swollen gland

  • 1swollen — adj. VERBS ▪ be, feel, look, seem ▪ become, get ▪ Her legs got swollen from standing up all day. ▪ …

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  • 2Gland, salivary — One of the glands in the mouth that produce saliva. There are 3 major salivary glands. They are the parotid, submandibular, and sublingual glands. Each of these glands is paired; there is one parotid gland on each side of the head, etc. The… …

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  • 3gland — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ enlarged, swollen ▪ She s gone to bed with swollen glands and a temperature. ▪ adrenal, pineal, pituitary, thyroid, etc …

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  • 4gland — n. 1) the pituitary; prostate; thyroid gland 2) the adrenal; eccrine, sweat; endocrine; lachrymal; lymph; mammary; salivary glands 3) swollen glands * * * [glænd] eccrine endocrine lachrymal lymph mammary prostate salivary glands sweat …

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  • 5gland tubercules — (ARTHROPODA: Insecta) In Diaspidinae, a gland spine that is short, basally swollen and sclerotized …

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  • 6Salivary gland — One of the glands in the mouth that produce saliva. There are 3 major salivary glands. They are the parotid, submandibular, and sublingual glands. Each of these glands is paired; there is one parotid gland on each side of the head, etc. The… …

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  • 7Rubella — eMedicine2|derm|259 MeshID = D012409Rubella, commonly known as German measles, is a disease caused by Rubella virus. The name is derived from the Latin, meaning little red . Rubella is also known as German measles because the disease was first… …

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  • 8Fire Salamander — Taxobox name = Fire Salamander status = LC | status system = IUCN3.1 trend = down image width = 230px regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Amphibia ordo = Caudata familia = Salamandridae genus = Salamandra species = S. salamandra… …

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  • 9bubo — [byo͞o′bō΄] n. pl. buboes [ME < ML < Gr boubōn, groin, swollen gland] an inflamed swelling of a lymph node, esp. in the armpit or groin bubonic [byo͞o′bän′ik] adj …

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  • 10syndrome — The aggregate of symptoms and signs associated with any morbid process, and constituting together the picture of the disease. SEE ALSO: disease. [G. s., a running together, tumultuous concourse; (in med.) a concurrence of symptoms, fr. syn,… …

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