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PAROTID GLAND
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A large salivary gland that produces 50% of daytime saliva; in human beings it is located in front of and below each ear
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("parotid gland" is a kind of...):
salivary gland (any of three pairs of glands in the mouth and digestive system that secrete saliva for digestion)
Context examples:
An adenocarcinoma with serous acinar cell differentiation that arises from the parotid gland.
(Parotid Gland Acinic Cell Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)
A benign lesion that involves the salivary glands, usually the parotid gland.
(Benign Lymphoepithelial Lesion of the Salivary Gland, NCI Thesaurus)
It most often occurs in the parotid gland and less often in the submandibular gland and minor salivary gland.
(Carcinoma ex Pleomorphic Adenoma, NCI Thesaurus)
A non-metastasizing neoplasm that arises from the parotid gland.
(Benign Parotid Gland Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)
It occurs in the parotid gland, submandibular gland, minor salivary glands in the oral cavity, upper respiratory tract, and nasal cavity and paranasal sinuses.
(Pleomorphic Adenoma, NCI Thesaurus)
Surgery involving partial excision of the parotid gland.
(Partial Parotidectomy, NCI Thesaurus)
A benign or malignant neoplasm that arises from the parotid gland.
(Mixed Tumor of the Parotid Gland, NCI Thesaurus)
A malignant neoplasm which occurs mostly in the major salivary glands (most frequently in the parotid gland), but also in the minor salivary glands of the oral mucosa and the tracheobronchial tree.
(Epithelial-Myoepithelial Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)
Surgery involving complete excision of the parotid gland.
(Complete Parotidectomy, NCI Thesaurus)
A rare, benign epithelial neoplasm that arises from the parotid gland.
(Parotid Gland Sebaceous Lymphadenoma, NCI Thesaurus)
