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Definition: Salivary Gland |
Salivary GlandNoun1. Any of three pairs of glands in the mouth and digestive system that secrete saliva for digestion. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Crosswords: Salivary Gland |
| English words defined with "salivary gland": mandibular gland ♦ parotid gland, ptyalith ♦ salivary calculus, salivary duct, sialolith, sublingual gland, sublingual salivary gland, submandibular gland, submandibular salivary gland, submaxillary gland, submaxillary salivary gland. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "salivary gland": erb-B2 gene ♦ HER-2 gene ♦ Lymphoma, Mucosa-Associated Lymphoid Tissue ♦ neu gene ♦ pancreatic disease ♦ Salivary Calculi, salivary fistula, Salivary Gland Calculi, Salivary Gland Fistula, Salivary Gland Neoplasms, sialosyrinx, submandibular, submandibular lymph glands, submaxillary lymph nodes. (references) |
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Health | Salivary gland dysfunction is one of the most common sequelae of head and neck cancer treatment. (references) | |
However, studies are being conducted to evaluate various techniques, including radioprotective agents and drugs such as pilocarpine that can maintain or enhance salivary gland function during radiation. (references) | ||
Pretreatment strategies include evaluation, treatment of preexisting dental disease, patient and family education and counseling, prevention of oral mucosal infections, interventions to modify salivary gland dysfunction, reduction of iatrogenic and disease-related neutropenia, and prevention of mucositis. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
Expressions using "salivary gland": Salivary Gland Calculi ♦ Salivary Gland Fistula ♦ Salivary Gland Neoplasms ♦ sublingual salivary gland ♦ submandibular salivary gland ♦ submaxillary salivary gland. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| 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. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
salivary gland | 128 |
salivary gland infection | 24 |
salivary gland cancer | 17 |
salivary gland tumor | 16 |
salivary gland disease | 8 |
salivary gland disorder | 7 |
salivary gland cancer symptom | 4 |
salivary gland calculus | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "salivary gland"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Danish | spytkirtel. (various references) | |
Dutch | speekselklier. (various references) | |
Finnish | sylkirauhanen. (various references) | |
French | glande salivaire. (various references) | |
German | Speicheldrüse (salivary). (various references) | |
Greek | σιελογόνος αδένας. (various references) | |
Italian | ghiandola salivare. (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | "液腺 . (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | えきせ". (various references) | |
Pig Latin | alivarysay andglay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | glândula salivar. (various references) | |
Spanish | tomografía computarizada de las glándulas salivales (salivary gland CT scan), tomografía axial computarizada de las glándulas salivales (salivary gland CT scan), TC de las glándulas salivales (salivary gland CT scan), TAC de las glándulas salivales (salivary gland CT scan), RM de las glándulas salivales (salivary gland MRI, salivary gland MRI magnetic resonance imaging), resonancia magnética nuclear de las glándulas salivales (salivary gland MRI, salivary gland MRI magnetic resonance imaging), resonancia magnética de las glándulas salivales (salivary gland MRI, salivary gland MRI magnetic resonance imaging), glándula salivar accesoria (accessory salivary gland), escáner de las glándulas salivales (salivary gland CT scan), endoscopia de glándulas salivares (salivary gland endoscopy), biopsia de glándulas salivares (salivary gland biopsy), biopsia de glándulas salivales (salivary gland biopsy). (various references) | |
Swedish | spottkörtel. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-a-d-g-i-l-l-n-r-s-v-y" | |
-2 letters: granadillas. | |
-3 letters: granadilla. | |
-4 letters: darlingly, galliards, laryngals, rallyings, salarying, vaginally. | |
-5 letters: allaying, analgias, angarias, dallying, daringly, darlings, galliard, garlands, gravidas, gravidly, laniards, lanyards, laryngal, radially, rallying, ravingly, saladang, salivary, sallying, savingly, signally, slangily, vanillas. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)53 61 6C 69 76 61 72 79 47 6C 61 6E 64 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010011 01100001 01101100 01101001 01110110 01100001 01110010 01111001 00100000 01000111 01101100 01100001 01101110 01100100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)S a l i v a r y   G l a n d |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0053 0061 006C 0069 0076 0061 0072 0079 0047 006C 0061 006E 0064 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)536778758867849124178678070 |
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