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Definition: Parotid |
ParotidAdjective1. Relating to or located near the parotid gland. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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Health | The space that contains the parotid gland, the facial nerve, the external carotid artery, and the retromandibular vein. (references) |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
The parotid gland is the largest of the salivary glands. Located at the angle of the mandible, the duct to this gland empties within the buccal cavity (the inside of the cheek).The facial nerve runs through this gland but paradoxically does not control it. Secretion of saliva by the parotid gland is controlled by the glossopharyngeal nerve.
Serous fluid (as opposed to mucous fluid) is produced by the parotid gland.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Parotid gland."
Crosswords: Parotid |
| English words defined with "parotid": epidemic parotitis ♦ mumps ♦ otic ganglion, otoganglion ♦ parotid vein, parotitis, Parotoid. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "parotid": Adenolymphoma ♦ parotid bed, Parotid Neoplasms, parotid space, parotiditis ♦ Salivary Ducts, Salivary Gland Calculi ♦ Uveoparotid Fever. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "parotid": Parotic. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Parotid" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Albanian (parotid), Romanian (climax), Swedish (parotid). |
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Health | Other possible complications include inflammation of the testis, spinal cord, eye, parotid gland, or by prolonged hepatitis. (references) | |
Others are forced to cope with blurred vision, constant eye discomfort, recurrent mouth infections, swollen parotid glands, hoarseness, and difficulty in swallowing and eating. (references) | ||
Other symptoms that appear less frequently include sore throat, cough, joint pain, chest pain, testicular pain, and parotid (salivary gland) pain. Following a few days of remission, the second phase of the disease occurs, consisting of symptoms of meningitis (for example, fever, headache, and a stiff neck) or characteristics of encephalitis (for example, drowsiness, confusion, sensory disturbances, and/or motor abnormalities, such as paralysis). (references) | ||
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| "Parotid" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 75.00% of the time. "Parotid" is used about 4 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 75% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Noun (singular) | 25% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 4 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "parotid": parotid bed ♦ Parotid enlargement ♦ parotid gland ♦ Parotid Neoplasms ♦ parotid space ♦ parotid vein. Additional references. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "parotid"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | pranë veshit, parotid. (various references) | |
Arabic | نكفي خاص بالغدة النكفية. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | сроден (affined, agnate, allied to, associated, cognate, congenial, connected, filial, kin, kindred, related, relational, sib, sister, sympathetic), омонимен (homonymous), подушен (subaural). (various references) | |
Danish | parotisloge (parotid bed, parotid space), papilla parotidea (parotid papilla), parotiscancer (parotid cancer), parotislogens øvre pol (superior part of the parotid space), parotislogens forreste grænse (anterior side of the parotid space), parotislogens indre grænse (interior side of the parotid space), parotislogens ydervæg (exterior wall of the parotid space), parotistumor (parotid tumor, parotid tumour), plexus parotideus (parotid plexus), parotislogens nedre pol (inferior part of the parotid space), parotideal lymfekirtel (parotid lymph node), spytkirtelblandingstumor (mixed tumour of the parotid gland), ductus parotideus (parotid duct), ductus Stenonis (parotid duct), glandula admaxillaris (accessory parotid gland), glandula parotis (parotid gland), glandula parotis accessoria (accessory parotid gland), oerespytkirtel (parotid lymph node), ørespytkirtlen (parotid gland), regio parotideomasseterica (parotid region), Steno's gang (parotid duct), lymphonodi parotidei (parotid lymph glands). (various references) | |
Dutch | parotitisgezwel (parotid cancer), parotisregio (parotid region), parotisloge (parotid bed, parotid space), parotisgezwel (parotid tumor, parotid tumour), onderpool van de parotisloge (inferior part of the parotid space), ductus parotideus (parotid duct), ductus parotideus stenonis (parotid duct), glandula admaxillaris (accessory parotid gland), glandula parotis (parotid gland), glandula parotis accessoria (accessory parotid gland), laterale wand van de parotisloge (exterior wall of the parotid space), mediane zijde van de parotisloge (interior side of the parotid space), bovenpool van de parotisloge (superior part of the parotid space), nodi parotidei (parotid lymph glands), voorste zijde van de parotisloge (anterior side of the parotid space), oorspeekselklier (parotid gland), oorspeeksellymfklier (parotid lymph node), socia parotidis (accessory parotid gland), nodi lymphatici parotidei (parotid lymph glands). (various references) | |
Finnish | parotiskasvain (parotid tumor, parotid tumour), parotisaition yläkärki (superior part of the parotid space), parotisaition ulkoseinä (exterior wall of the parotid space), parotisaition sisäreuna (interior side of the parotid space), parotisaition etureuna (anterior side of the parotid space), parotisaition alakärki (inferior part of the parotid space), parotisaitio (parotid bed, parotid space), korvasylkirauhaskasvain (parotid tumor, parotid tumour), korvasylkirauhasen syöpä (parotid cancer), korvasylkirauhasen alue (parotid region), :korvasylkirauhasaitio (parotid bed, parotid space). (various references) | |
French | parotide. (various references) | |
German | Parotisgebiet (parotid region), Papilla parotidea (parotid papilla), Papilla salivaria buccalis (parotid papilla), Parotis accessoria (accessory parotid gland), Parotisloge (parotid bed, parotid space), Pes anserinus major (parotid plexus), Plexus parotideus n.facialis (parotid plexus), Plexus parotidicus (parotid plexus), Parotis (parotid gland), Ohrspeicheldrüse (parotid gland), externe Wand der Parotisloge (exterior wall of the parotid space), Glandula socia parotidis (accessory parotid gland), Ductus stenonianus (parotid duct), Ductus parotidicus (parotid duct), Fascia parotidea (parotid fascia), Glandula admaxillaris (accessory parotid gland), Glandula parotis (parotid gland), Glandula parotis accessoria (accessory parotid gland), Glandula salivalis externa (parotid gland), inferiorer Pol der Parotisloge (inferior part of the parotid space), interne Grenze der Parotisloge (interior side of the parotid space), Lymphoglandulae p. (parotid lymph glands, popliteal lymph glands), Ductus parotideus Stenoni (parotid duct), Nodi lymphatici parotidei (parotid lymph glands), vordere Grenze der Parotisloge (anterior side of the parotid space), Ohrspeicheldrüsenlymphknoten (parotid lymph node), Speicheldrüsenmischtumor (mixed tumour of the parotid gland), Stenon Gang (parotid duct), superiorer Pol der Parotisloge (superior part of the parotid space), Lymphonodi p. (parotid lymph glands, popliteal lymph glands). (various references) | |
Greek | παρώτιοσ, παρωτίσ. (various references) | |
Hungarian | fültõ-. (various references) | |
Italian | parotideo. (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 耳下腺 (parotid gland). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | じかせ" (parotid gland). (various references) | |
Manx | parotoidagh, paroteed, faggys da'n chleaysh. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | arotidpay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | parotidiano, parótide, parótida. (various references) | |
Romanian | glandã parotidã. (various references) | |
Russian | околоушный, паротидный. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | parotidni. (various references) | |
Spanish | parótida (parotid gland). (various references) | |
Swedish | parotis, parotid, öronspottkörtel. (various references) | |
Turkish | kulakaltı tükürük bezi (parotid gland), kulak altı tükürük bezi (parotid gland). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | привушна залоза, привушний. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | lymphonodus parotideus. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "parotid": parotids. (additional references) | |
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"Parotid" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Parati, parotia, parotic, Parotta, Parouty, Parrotia, Partida, Partindo, permoid, peroted, Perotin, Piroshki, protic. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-i-o-p-r-t" | |
-1 letter: adroit, torpid, tripod. | |
-2 letters: adopt, aport, aroid, atrip, dript, droit, dropt, padri, pardi, patio, podia, radio, rapid, ratio, tapir, tardo, triad. | |
-3 letters: adit, airt, apod, arid, atop, dart, dato, dipt, dirt, dita, doat, doit, dopa, dorp, drat, drip, drop, iota, orad, padi, paid, pair, pard, part, pita, port, prao, prat, proa, prod, raid. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-d-i-o-p-r-t" | |
+1 letter: dioptral, parodist, parotids, parotoid, podiatry, tripodal. | |
+2 letters: atrophied, parodists, parotoids, podiatric, predation, trapezoid. | |
+3 letters: adsorption, adsorptive, anthropoid, depilatory, depositary, duplicator, parasitoid, parodistic, patronised, patronized, podiatries, podiatrist, predations, prismatoid, proplastid, radiophoto, readopting, repudiator, rhapsodist, tetraploid, trapezoids. | |
+4 letters: adsorptions, anthropoids, apportioned, cardiopathy, decapitator, deportation, depravation, deprecation, depreciator, depredation, deprivation, desperation, diaphoretic, diastrophic, dipterocarp, duplicators, hydropathic, lepidoptera, madreporite, orthopaedic, parasitoids, parathyroid, paratyphoid, partitioned, periodontal, podiatrists, preadopting, predication, predicatory, predominant, predominate, prismatoids, prodigality, propitiated, proplastids, radiophotos, reappointed, repudiation, repudiators, rhapsodists, tetraploids, tetraploidy, trapezoidal, trepidation. | |
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