| Fordyce, John | <person> U.S. Dermatologist, 1858-1925. See: Fordyce's angiokeratoma, Fordyce's disease, Fordyce's granules, Fordyce's spots, Fox-Fordyce disease. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Fordyce's angiokeratoma | Asymptomatic vascular papules of the scrotum, appearing in young adults; much less common in the vulva. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Fordyce's disease | A condition marked by the presence of numerous small, yellowish white bodies or granules on the inner surface and vermilion border of the lips; histologically the lesions are ectopic sebaceous glands. Synonym: Fordyce's disease, Fordyce's granules, pseudocolloid of lips. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Fordyce's granules | A condition marked by the presence of numerous small, yellowish white bodies or granules on the inner surface and vermilion border of the lips; histologically the lesions are ectopic sebaceous glands. Synonym: Fordyce's disease, Fordyce's granules, pseudocolloid of lips. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Fordyce's spots | A condition marked by the presence of numerous small, yellowish white bodies or granules on the inner surface and vermilion border of the lips; histologically the lesions are ectopic sebaceous glands. Synonym: Fordyce's disease, Fordyce's granules, pseudocolloid of lips. (05 Mar 2000) |
| fox-fordyce disease | Chronic pruritic disease, usually in women, characterised by small follicular papular eruptions in apocrine areas. It is caused by obstruction and rupture of intraepidermal apocrine ducts. (12 Dec 1998) |
| accessory gland | A small mass of glandular structure, detached from but lying near another and larger gland, to which it is similar in structure and probably in function. (05 Mar 2000) |
| accessory parotid gland | An occasional islet of parotid tissue separate from the mass of the gland, lying anteriorly just above the commencement of the parotid duct. Synonym: glandula parotidea accessoria, admaxillary gland, glandula parotis accessoria, socia parotidis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| accessory thyroid gland | An isolated mass, or one of several such masses, of thyroid tissue, sometimes present in the side of the neck, or just above the hyoid bone (suprahyoid accessory thyroid gland), or even as low as the arch of the aorta. Synonym: glandula thyroidea accessoria, accessory thyroid, prehyoid gland, suprahyoid gland, thyroidea accessoria, thyroidea ima, Wolfler's gland. (05 Mar 2000) |
| acid gland | One of the gastric gland's secreting the hydrochloric acid of the gastric juice. Synonym: oxyntic gland. (05 Mar 2000) |
| acinotubular gland | A gland whose secretory elements are elongated acini. Synonym: acinotubular gland. (05 Mar 2000) |
| acinous gland | A gland in which the secretory unit(s) has a grapelike shape and a very small lumen; e.g., the exocrine part of the pancreas. (05 Mar 2000) |
| adenoma, sweat gland | A benign neoplasm derived from epithelial cells of sweat glands. (12 Dec 1998) |
| admaxillary gland | An occasional islet of parotid tissue separate from the mass of the gland, lying anteriorly just above the commencement of the parotid duct. Synonym: glandula parotidea accessoria, admaxillary gland, glandula parotis accessoria, socia parotidis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| adrenal gland | <anatomy, endocrinology> This gland is found above each kidney and it made up of an outer wall (cortex) that secretes important steroid hormones and an inner portion (medulla) that produces adrenaline (adrenaline) and noradrenaline (noradrenaline). The hormones help control heart rate, blood pressure, the way the body uses food, and other vital functions. (25 Jun 1999) |