(n.) An organ for secreting something to be used in, or eliminated from, the body; as, the sebaceous glands of the skin; the salivary glands of the mouth.
(n.) An organ or part which resembles a secreting, or true, gland, as the ductless, lymphatic, pineal, and pituitary glands, the functions of which are very imperfectly known.
(n.) A special organ of plants, usually minute and globular, which often secretes some kind of resinous, gummy, or aromatic product.
(n.) Any very small prominence.
(n.) The movable part of a stuffing box by which the packing is compressed; -- sometimes called a follower. See Illust. of Stuffing box, under Stuffing.
(n.) The crosspiece of a bayonet clutch.
Example Sentences:
(1) Five of the nine normal livers had peribiliary glands that showed HLA-DR.
(2) Intestinal glands are not observed until 8.5cm, and are shallow in depth even in the adult.
(3) Our results show that large complex lipid bodies and extensive accumulations of glycogen are valuable indicators of a functionally suppressed chief cell in atrophic parathyroid glands.
(4) In this study, pinealectomy did not alter the inhibitory effect of testosterone on neuroendocine-gonadal activity in the male rat, suggesting that the pineal gland does not mediate the response of the rat hypothalamic-pituitary axis to testosterone.
(5) The epithelium of Brunner's gland stained intensely with Ricinus communis agglutinin-I (RCA-I), succinylated-WGA (S-WGA) and wheat-germ agglutinin (WGA), moderately with Bandeirea simplicifolia agglutinin-I (BS-I), Concanavalia ensiformis agglutinin (Con A) peanut agglutinin (PNA) and Ulex europaeus agglutinin-I (UEA-I) and occasionally with Dolichos biflorus agglutinin (DBA), Lens culinaris agglutinin (LCA) and soybean agglutinin (SBA).
(6) On the basis of obtained data on the uniformity of chemical compounds of the secretion of glands belonging to different groups their common origin has been suggested.
(7) When labelled long-chain fatty acids or glycerol were infused into the lactating goat, there was extensive transfer of radioactivity into milk in spite of the absence of net uptake of substrate by the mammary gland.
(8) Only methoxyindole acetic acid was detectable after incubation of unstimulated and alpha-adrenergic-agonist-treated pineal glands.
(9) The nature of the putative autoantigen in Graves' ophthalmopathy (Go) remains an enigma but the sequence similarity between thyroglobulin (Tg) and acetylcholinesterase (ACHE) provides a rationale for epitopes which are common to the thyroid gland and the eye orbit.
(10) An in vitro bioassay was used to examine [14C]glucose incorporation into polysaccharides in albumen glands (AGs) of susceptible M-line Biomphalaria glabrata infected with the NMRI strain of Schistosoma mansoni.
(11) During the development of Shvets' leukosis, the weight of spleen and lymph glands and their lymphocyte content change enormously while the number of plasmocytes rises exponentially.
(12) Between the 24th and 29th day mature daughter sporocysts with fully developed cercariae ready to emerge, or already emerged, could be seen in the digestive gland of the snail.
(13) The bursa of Fabricius, thymus glands and spleen of chickens were also shown to express mRNA coding for ANP.
(14) Accordingly, the present studies were conducted to determine whether acute OVX-induced FSH hypersecretion can be elicited in an animal model in which the anterior pituitary gland is isolated from diencephalic chemical signals, and if so, whether the hypersecretion could be abated by the FSH-suppressing protein, follistatin.
(15) Light microscopy of both apneics and snorers revealed mucous gland hypertrophy with ductal dilation and focal squamous metaplasia, disruption of muscle bundles by infiltrating mucous glands, focal atrophy of muscle fibers, and extensive edema of the lamina propria with vascular dilation.
(16) Following the study of total lipid and phospholipid contents of Harderian gland, we carried out analysis of glycolipid fractions.
(17) Exogenous rIL-2 restored T-cell proliferation only in the salivary gland cultures of this patient.
(18) In the univariate life-table analysis, recurrence-free survival was significantly related to age, pTNM category, tumour size, presence of certain growth patterns, tumour necrosis, tumour infiltration in surrounding thyroid tissue and thyroid gland capsule, lymph node metastases, presence of extra-nodal tumour growth and number of positive lymph nodes, whereas only tumour diameter, thyroid gland capsular infiltration and presence of extra-nodal tumour growth remained as significant prognostic factors in the multivariate analysis.
(19) Striated muscle fibres were found in each of twenty consecutive pineal glands cultured from individual neonatal rats.2.
(20) Type C-like particles were found inter- and intracellularly in gland and vessel lumina and scattered in the connective tissue.
Perspiration
Definition:
(n.) The act or process of perspiring.
(n.) That which is excreted through the skin; sweat.
Example Sentences:
(1) In addition, the postulated personality for PD may predispose to hard work, perspiration, and increased exposure to putative trace elements in the water supply.
(2) Results obtained using all the inhibition methods on secretor saliva, semen, urine, urine stain, and perspiration stain specimens show that the new technique is especially powerful in correctly determining the ABH antigens in secretor body fluids having lower concentrations of soluble blood group antigens.
(3) Compared with visualization methods for perspiration fingerprints, this method recovers better images for a longer time after the fingerprint has been deposited on skin.
(4) Using newly developed equipment for continuous recording of local perspiration volume, we have tried to standardize the measurement of perspiration volume and evaluate it.
(5) The perspiration samples were collected under normal physiological conditions for 8 h after medication and urine samples were collected 8 h after medication.
(6) All the patients referred fever and local pain, with functional impotence in 26 (93%), general involvement, shivering and perspiration in 24 (86%).
(7) The voracious hunger and profuse perspiration were reduced, the patient's serum lipids became normal, her blood glucose fell, and her sensitivity to exogenous insulin increased.
(8) The losses included Ca and Na in exfoliated skin cells as well as in insensible perspiration.
(9) Other clinical improvements, such as diminution or complete disappearance of swelling of soft tissues, excessive perspiration, and headache, were observed in 7 of 8 patients.
(10) Of the 33 symptom complex patients, 5 had Atropine, most of whose heart rates returned to normal after 2 seconds to 2 minutes, as did their dizziness, perspiration, and ashen coloring.
(11) The cutaneous insensible perspiration of adult healthy volunteers was measured by a new method based on estimation of the vapour pressure gradient in the air layer immediately adjacent to skin.
(12) The results revealed: 1) The measurement of local perspiration volume with this equipment provides objective data useful for the diagnosis of hyperhidrosis and hypo-(or an-) hidrosis and for the judgement of its grade; 2) in case of palmar hyperhidrosis, mental stimuli most strongly induced perspiration; and 3) the responses to mental arithmetic or hand grasping and the base-line stable time are reliable parameters for measurement of perspiration volume.
(13) Lawyers in the court blew on their perspiring hands as the magistrate read the arguments.
(14) Attention is called to the similarity of the clinical manifestations with its onset in the first year of life, deficient body weight and growth, progressing neurological disturbances (weakening of muscle power, tremor, ataxia, nystagmus), course with periods of exacerbations, tachypnoea, skin changes (hirsutism, telangiectasia, perspiration), death at the age of 2-3 years.
(15) Cetirizine inhibited all the specific skin modifications induced by histamine challenge, wheals, flares and increased thickness, without affecting the methacholine-induced perspiration.
(16) It is shown that the water flow density through SC controlling the evaporation rate from the skin surface in the process of insensible perspiration depends upon the skin capillary pressure.
(17) After 90 minutes of unremitting toil, perspiration and scant regard for loftier reputations, blame was starting to be apportioned.
(18) One subject displayed a remarkable increase in perspiration on the sole of the foot together with a great increase in SSA.
(19) A chunky piece of ugly technology, the sobriety bracelet is used to detect even a smidgen of alcohol in the perspiration of its wearer, from whom readings are sent twice a day in order to monitor their abstinence.
(20) A method is described for determining the concentration of volatile substances that are excreted through the skin via insensible perspiration.