Glands
[glænd]
Examples
- Trained men, some of them veterinarians, in the employ of the government, make a thorough inspection of the glands and other organs of the hog. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- It may be due to a condition of fulness of the vessels of the stomach, relieved by any stimulus which, acting on the lining membrane, induces a flow of fluid from the glands. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The mammary glands of the Ornithorhynchus may be considered, in comparison with the udders of a cow, as in a nascent condition. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
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