Meaning

1 senses
  1. Any of several exocrine glands that produce saliva to break down carbohydrates in food enzymatically.

    Speicheldrüse

    слю́нная железа́sljúnnaja železá

    сли́нна за́лозаslýnna záloza

More definitions
  • any of three pairs of glands in the mouth and digestive system that secrete saliva for digestion

Examples

1 sentences
  1. The parasympathetic nerves of a developing salivary gland innervate the salivary gland epithelium which is essential for organogenesis.

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
any of exocrine glands producing saliva to break down carbohydrates in food enzymatically:
Русский
By meaning 1
any of exocrine glands producing saliva to break down carbohydrates in food enzymatically:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
any of exocrine glands producing saliva to break down carbohydrates in food enzymatically:

Forms

plural: salivary glands
Singularsalivary gland
Pluralsalivary glands

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
saliva gland

See also

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