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noun
Any of various glands which secrete via a duct, typically into the digestive tract or onto the skin.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
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noun
a gland that secretes externally through a duct
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: exocrine, duct gland
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: gland, secretory organ, secretor, secreter
Narrower terms: oil gland, sweat gland, sudoriferous gland, lacrimal gland, lachrymal gland, tear gland, pancreas, Cowper's gland, bulbourethral gland, cervical glands, cervical glands of the uterus, glandulae cervicales uteri, seminal vesicle, digestive gland, salivary gland, mammary gland, mamma, nabothian gland, vestibular gland
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