| 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... |
| capsula fibrosa glandulae thyroideae | The fibrous sheath of the thyroid gland. Synonym: capsula fibrosa glandulae thyroideae. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| vena centralis glandulae suprarenalis | The single draining vein of the gland; it receives a number of medullary veins; on the right side it empties directly into the inferior vena cava and on the left into the left renal vein. Synonym: vena centralis glandulae suprarenalis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| margo medialis glandulae suprarenalis | The paravertebral edge of the suprarenal gland. Synonym: margo medialis glandulae suprarenalis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| margo superior glandulae suprarenalis | The border of the suprarenal gland at the superior junction of the anterior and posterior surfaces. Synonym: margo superior glandulae suprarenalis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pars orbitalis glandulae lacrimalis | See: lacrimal gland. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pars palpebralis glandulae lacrimalis | pars palpebralis glandulae lacrimalis |
| pars profunda glandulae parotideae | <anatomy> A salivary gland situated in front of and below the ear. (27 Sep 1997) |
| pars superficialis glandulae parotideae | pars superficialis glandulae parotideae |
| glandulae areolares | A number of small mammary glands forming small rounded projections from the surface of the areola of the breast; they enlarge with pregnancy and during lactation secrete a substance presumed to resist chapping. Synonym: glandulae areolares, Montgomery's follicles, Montgomery's glands. (05 Mar 2000) |
| glandulae bronchiales | Lymph nodes in the hilum of the lung that receive lymph from the pulmonary node's, and drain to the tracheobronchial nodes. Synonym: glandulae bronchiales, bronchial glands, hilar lymph nodes, nodi lymphatici bronchopulmonales. (05 Mar 2000) |
| glandulae buccales | Numerous racemose, mucous, or serous glands in the submucous tissue of the cheeks. Synonym: glandulae buccales, genal glands. (05 Mar 2000) |
| glandulae ceruminosae | Tubuloalveolar glands of the external auditory meatus believed to be modified apocrine sweat glands; they secrete the waxy substance cerumen. See: ceruminous glands. (05 Mar 2000) |
| glandulae cervicales uteri | See: anterior cervical lymph nodes, lateral deep cervical lymph nodes, lateral superficial cervical lymph nodes. Branched mucus-secreting glands in the mucosa of the cervix. Synonym: glandulae cervicales uteri, cervical glands of uterus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| glandulae ciliares | A number of modified apocrine sudoriferous glands in the eyelids, with ducts that usually open into the follicles of the eyelashes. Synonym: glandulae ciliares, Moll's glands. (05 Mar 2000) |
| glandulae circumanales | Synonym: circumanal glands. (05 Mar 2000) |