GLAND - Definiția din dicționar
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Gland (?), n. [F.
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1. (Anat.)
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&hand_; The true secreting glands are, in principle, narrow pouches of the mucous membranes, or of the integument, lined with a continuation of the epithelium, or of the epidermis, the cells of which produce the secretion from the blood. In the larger glands, the pouches are tubular, greatly elongated, and coiled, as in the sweat glands, or subdivided and branched, making compound and racemose glands, such as the pancreas.
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2. (Bot.)
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3. (Steam Mach.) The movable part of a stuffing box by which the packing is compressed; -- sometimes called a follower. See
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4. (Mach.) The crosspiece of a bayonet clutch.
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