| HMC | hand-mirror cell; health maintenance cooperative; heroin, morphine, and cocaine; histocompatibility ... |
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| MAC | MacConkey [broth]; major ambulatory category; malignancy-associated changes; maximum allowable conce... |
| MAD | major affective disorder; mandibulo-acral dysplasia; maximum allowable dose; methylandrostenediol; m... |
| MAKA | major karyotypic abnormality |
| MBP | major basic protein; maltose-binding protein; management by policy; mannose-binding protein; mean bl... |
| glandula atrabiliaris | See adrenal gland. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| glandula basilaris | pituitary gland |
| glandula bulbourethralis | One of two small compound racemose glands, that produce a mucoid secretion, lying side by side along the membranous urethra just above the bulb of the corpus spongiosum; they discharge through a small duct into the spongy portion of the urethra. Synonym: glandula bulbourethralis, Cowper's gland, Mery's gland. (05 Mar 2000) |
| glandula lacrimalis | The gland that secretes tears; it consists of 6 to 12 separate compound tubuloalveolar serous glands, located in the upper lateral part of the orbit, and is partially divided into a smaller palpebral part and a larger orbital part by the aponeurosis of the levator palpebrae muscle. Synonym: glandula lacrimalis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| glandula lingualis anterior | 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) |
| glandula mammaria | <anatomy> Milk producing gland of female mammals. An adapted sweat gland, it is made up of milk producing alveolar cells, surrounded by contractile myoepithelial cells, together with considerable numbers of fat cells. Milk production is hormonally controlled. (18 Nov 1997) |
| glandula mucosa | <anatomy> A type of merocrine gland that produces a thick (mucopolysaccharide rich) secretion as opposed to a serous gland). (18 Nov 1997) |
| glandula parathyroidea | <anatomy, endocrinology> Four small endocrine glands lying close or embedded in the posterior surface of the thyroid gland. They secrete the hormone parathormone. (27 Sep 1997) |
| glandula parotidea | <anatomy> A salivary gland situated in front of and below the ear. (27 Sep 1997) |
| glandula parotidea accessoria | 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) |
| glandula parotis | <anatomy> A salivary gland situated in front of and below the ear. (27 Sep 1997) |
| glandula parotis accessoria | 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) |
| glandula pituitaria | pituitary gland |
| glandula prostatica | A small conical gland at the base of the male bladder and surrounding the first part of the urethra. (27 Sep 1997) |
| glandula salivaria | Any of the saliva-secreting exocrine glands of the oral cavity. Synonym: glandula salivaria. (05 Mar 2000) |