parotid glandn.
/pəˈrɒtɪd ˌɡland/, U.S. /pəˈrɑdəd ˌɡlænd/ Anatomy and Zoology.
Either of a pair of large salivary glands situated just in front of the ear; a similar gland in snakes modified for the secretion of venom.
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1696 Philos. Trans. 1695–7 (Royal Soc.) 19 232 Divers of the Muscles employed in the Motion of the lower Jaw, are at the same time also serviceable in hastening the Saliva or Spittle, separated from the Blood by the Parotid Glands.
1722 Philos. Trans. 1720–21 (Royal Soc.) 31 6 An excretory duct opening into the mouth, like the common one from the parotid gland.
1812 D. Graham Pioneer 29 Sharp, wringing pain in left parotid gland.
1877 F. T. Roberts Handbk. Med. (ed. 3) I. 178 Mumps is chiefly characterized anatomically by inflammation of one or both parotid glands.
1901 M. Foster Lect. Hist. Physiol. 106 Nicolas Stensen..in 1661 discovered and in the following year described the duct of the parotid gland, since called by his name.
1956 Evolution 10 61/2 The venom of the rear fanged snakes is a product of the parotid gland.
2003 Jrnl. Nutrition 133 71 DNase I in rats is mainly expressed in the parotid gland and the small intestine.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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