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1. gland
noun. ['ˈglænd'] any of various organs that synthesize substances needed by the body and release it through ducts or directly into the bloodstream.
Synonyms
Etymology
- glans (Latin)
Rhymes with Parotid Gland
- misunderstand
- vallegrande
- understand
- withstand
- meadowland
- lefthand
- unplanned
- righthand
- marchand
- firsthand
- expand
- disband
- bourland
- unmanned
- strande
- strand
- remand
- outmanned
- offhand
- laband
- hoiland
- fernand
- demand
- deland
- command
- stand
- spanned
- scanned
- planned
- grande
Sentences with parotid-gland
1. Noun Phrase
Poisonous toads have enlarged glands below and in front of their ears and behind their eyes called parotid glands.
2. Noun Phrase
The parotid glands do not touch the ridges behind the eyes of the American toad.
3. Noun Phrase
The parotid glands touch the ridges behind the Fowler's toad's eyes.
4. Noun Phrase
Parasympathetic fibers in this nerve control the parotid glands, the largest of the salivary glands.