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单词 ductless
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ductlessadj.

Etymology: -less suffix.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈductless.
Having no duct. ductless glands, ‘term applied to several bodies which present the general character of glands, but possess no excretory ducts. They are the thymus and thyroid bodies, the spleen, adrenals, and the vascular, carotic, coccygeal, and pituitary bodies.’ New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon
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miliary gland1691
mucilaginous gland1691
mucous gland1699
acinus1702
crypta1726
glandule1751
crypt1804
globate gland1813
ganglion1819
submaxillary1824
lacrimal1829
germ gland1840
sweat-gland1845
ductless glands1849
lymph node1892
metasternal1965
1849–52 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. IV. ii. 1112/1 The ductless glands.
1880 Libr. Universal Knowl. IX. 89 The liver, in one of its functions, is a ductless gland.
1881 St. G. Mivart Cat 237 The Thyroid Body or gland is another ductless structure of unknown function.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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