Glutinous mucus; phlegm.

Of the nature of or producing mucus or phlegm; mucous; spec. designating or relating to the pituitary gland, as formerly believed to secrete nasal…

Physiology and Anatomy. Pertaining to lymph; concerned in the secretion or conveyance of lymph, as in lymphatic gland, lymphatic vessel; lymphatic…

clustered, etc.; spec. in Physiology and Geology = conglomerate, adj. 2 4.

Physiology. Applied distinctively to glands of simple structure, esp. those of the lymphatics; opposed to conglomerate, adj.

Physiology. Applied to glands of a compound or complex structure; formerly, as distinguished from the simple conglobate, adj. glands of the…

Physiology. = conglobate, adj. 2. Obsolete.

= lymphatic, adj.

= conglobate, adj. 2.

= sudoriparous, adj.

Connected with the secretion and the exudation of sweat; sudoriparous, perspiratory.

Physiology. Connected with the secretion of sebum; as sebaceous crypt, sebaceous duct, sebaceous follicle, sebaceous gland, etc.

Physiology. Said of a gland into which lymphatic vessels convey their fluids. ? Obsolete.

Anatomy. Of, relating to, or of the nature of a crypt of the body (crypt, n. 3).

Of, relating to, or of the nature of a crypt of the body (crypt, n. 3); containing crypts.

Producing or secreting mucus.

Anatomy, Zoology, and Pathology. Resembling a bunch of grapes in shape; having usually rounded parts arranged in a cluster or clusters.

Anatomy and Zoology. = racemose, adj. 2. rare.

Of or relating to lymph nodes; lymphoid. Cf. ganglion, n. 3. Now rare.

Containing, secreting, or covered with mucus or mucoid material; conveying mucus; (in later use) spec. designating the mucocysts of protozoans…

Secreting sweat.

Producing sebum.

Anatomy, Zoology, and Medicine = racemose, adj. 2.

(See quots.)

situated or occurring around a lymphatic vessel.

Resembling the tissue of a lymphatic gland.

Of or relating to the perilymph of the inner ear.

Containing mucigen; producing mucus.

= pituitary, adj.

used as combining form of modern Latin tubulus tubule, n., instead of the usual tubuli-, comb._form, either before a word of Greek derivation, or…

Of or relating to an acinus or acini, esp. of a gland (cf. acinus, n. 2).

of, pertaining to, or designating a gland in which the secretion is produced by the complete disintegration of its cells.

Designating a gland whose secretory product is released without the loss of cells or their cytoplasm. Also: designating or relating to this type of…

Having external secretion; designating or pertaining to the discharge of a secretion through a duct or the secretion itself.

Denoting a gland having an internal secretion which is poured into blood or lymph; a ductless gland, as the thyroid, pituitary, and adrenal…

pertaining to, of the nature of, or relating to endocrine organs.

(See quot. 1961.)

Of a sweat gland: secreting without loss of cell material. Cf. apocrine, adj.

Relating to or involving the interaction of the endocrine system with mental processes, emotional states, and behaviour. Cf. neuroendocrine, adj.

Of or relating to an acinus or acini; composed of acini. Cf. acinose, adj., acinous, adj.

Anatomy and Medicine. Of or relating to lymph nodes.

= mucigenous, adj. 1.