| PATH | pathology, pathological; pituitary adrenotropic hormone; physicians at teaching hospitals |
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| PGH | pituitary growth hormone; porcine growth hormone; prostaglandin H |
| pit | pituitary |
| POP | diphosphate group; pain on palpation; paroxypropione; persistent occipitoposterior [fetal position];... |
| PP | diphosphate group; emphysema [pink puffers]; near point of accommodation [Lat. punctum proximum]; pa... |
| stroma of thyroid gland | The connective tissue that supports the lobules and follicles of the thyroid gland. Synonym: stroma glandulae thyroideae. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| sublingual gland | The smallest of the three major salivary glands. It is located. It lies under the floor of the mouth close to the midline. (12 Dec 1998) |
| sublingual gland neoplasms | Neoplasms of the sublingual glands. (12 Dec 1998) |
| submandibular gland | The second largest of the three major salivary glands. It is located deep to the mandible (jaw bone). (12 Dec 1998) |
| submaxillary gland | See Submandibular gland. (12 Dec 1998) |
| Nuhn's gland | One of the small mixed glands deeply placed near the apex of the tongue on each side of the frenulum. Synonym: glandula lingualis anterior, apical gland, Bauhin's gland, Blandin's gland, Nuhn's gland. (05 Mar 2000) |
| superficial part of parotid gland | superficial part of parotid gland |
| superior border of suprarenal gland | The border of the suprarenal gland at the superior junction of the anterior and posterior surfaces. Synonym: margo superior glandulae suprarenalis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| deep part of parotid gland | See: parotid gland. (05 Mar 2000) |
| suprahyoid 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) |
| suprarenal gland | See adrenal gland. (12 Dec 1998) |
| suspensory ligament of thyroid gland | One of several fibrous bands which pass from the sheath of the thyroid gland to the thyroid and cricoid cartilages. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Suzanne's gland | A small mucous gland in the floor of the mouth. (05 Mar 2000) |
| sweat gland carcinoma | <tumour> Usually a solitary tumour, nodular and fixed to the skin and underlying structure, having slow growth for long periods followed by rapid growth and dissemination. (05 Mar 2000) |
| sweat gland diseases | Diseases of the sweat glands. (12 Dec 1998) |