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Any of several exocrine glands that produce saliva to break down carbohydrates in food enzymatically.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: saliva gland
Antonyms: none provided
any of three pairs of glands in the mouth and digestive system that secrete saliva for digestion
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: exocrine gland, exocrine, duct gland
Narrower terms: parotid gland, sublingual gland, sublingual salivary gland, submaxillary gland, submaxillary salivary gland, submandibular gland, submandibular salivary gland, mandibular gland
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
44 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
غُدّة لُعَابِيّة
(ḡudda luʕābiyya)
— any of exocrine glands producing saliva to break down carbohydrates in food enzymatically
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Belarusian:
слі́нная зало́за
(slínnaja zalóza)
— any of exocrine glands producing saliva to break down carbohydrates in food enzymatically
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Bulgarian:
слю́нчена жлеза́
(sljúnčena žlezá)
— any of exocrine glands producing saliva to break down carbohydrates in food enzymatically
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Catalan:
glàndula salival
— any of exocrine glands producing saliva to break down carbohydrates in food enzymatically
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Chinese Mandarin:
唾腺
(tuòxiàn)
— any of exocrine glands producing saliva to break down carbohydrates in food enzymatically
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Chinese Mandarin:
唾液腺
(tuòyèxiàn)
— any of exocrine glands producing saliva to break down carbohydrates in food enzymatically
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Chinese Mandarin:
涎腺
(xiánxiàn)
— any of exocrine glands producing saliva to break down carbohydrates in food enzymatically
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Czech:
slinná žláza
— any of exocrine glands producing saliva to break down carbohydrates in food enzymatically
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Danish:
spytkirtel
— any of exocrine glands producing saliva to break down carbohydrates in food enzymatically
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Dutch:
speekselklier
— any of exocrine glands producing saliva to break down carbohydrates in food enzymatically
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Estonian:
süljenääre
— any of exocrine glands producing saliva to break down carbohydrates in food enzymatically
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Finnish:
sylkirauhanen
— any of exocrine glands producing saliva to break down carbohydrates in food enzymatically
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French:
glande salivaire
— any of exocrine glands producing saliva to break down carbohydrates in food enzymatically
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German:
Speicheldrüse
— any of exocrine glands producing saliva to break down carbohydrates in food enzymatically
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Hawaiian:
lōkuʻu hāʻae
— any of exocrine glands producing saliva to break down carbohydrates in food enzymatically
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Hungarian:
nyálmirigy
— any of exocrine glands producing saliva to break down carbohydrates in food enzymatically
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Irish:
faireog sheileach
— any of exocrine glands producing saliva to break down carbohydrates in food enzymatically
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Italian:
ghiandola salivare
— any of exocrine glands producing saliva to break down carbohydrates in food enzymatically
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Japanese:
唾液腺
(daekisen)
— any of exocrine glands producing saliva to break down carbohydrates in food enzymatically
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Korean:
침샘
(chimsaem)
— any of exocrine glands producing saliva to break down carbohydrates in food enzymatically
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Korean:
타액선
(taaekseon)
— any of exocrine glands producing saliva to break down carbohydrates in food enzymatically
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Northern Kurdish:
rijênê lîkê
— any of exocrine glands producing saliva to break down carbohydrates in food enzymatically
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Northern Kurdish:
lîkerijên
— any of exocrine glands producing saliva to break down carbohydrates in food enzymatically
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Macedonian:
плунковна жлезда
(plunkovna žlezda)
— any of exocrine glands producing saliva to break down carbohydrates in food enzymatically
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Māori:
repe hūware
— any of exocrine glands producing saliva to break down carbohydrates in food enzymatically
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Nogai:
силекей бези
(silekey bezi)
— any of exocrine glands producing saliva to break down carbohydrates in food enzymatically
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Norwegian Bokmål:
spyttkjertel
— any of exocrine glands producing saliva to break down carbohydrates in food enzymatically
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Polish:
ślinianka
— any of exocrine glands producing saliva to break down carbohydrates in food enzymatically
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Polish:
gruczoł ślinowy
— any of exocrine glands producing saliva to break down carbohydrates in food enzymatically
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Portuguese:
glândula salivar
— any of exocrine glands producing saliva to break down carbohydrates in food enzymatically
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Romanian:
glandă salivară
— any of exocrine glands producing saliva to break down carbohydrates in food enzymatically
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Russian:
слю́нная железа́
(sljúnnaja železá)
— any of exocrine glands producing saliva to break down carbohydrates in food enzymatically
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Slovak:
slinná žľaza
— any of exocrine glands producing saliva to break down carbohydrates in food enzymatically
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Slovene:
žleza slinavka
— any of exocrine glands producing saliva to break down carbohydrates in food enzymatically
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Slovene:
slinavka
— any of exocrine glands producing saliva to break down carbohydrates in food enzymatically
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Spanish:
glándula salival
— any of exocrine glands producing saliva to break down carbohydrates in food enzymatically
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Swedish:
spottkörtel
— any of exocrine glands producing saliva to break down carbohydrates in food enzymatically
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Tagalog:
katasang-laway
— any of exocrine glands producing saliva to break down carbohydrates in food enzymatically
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Thai:
ต่อมน้ําลาย
(dtɔ̀m-nám-laai)
— any of exocrine glands producing saliva to break down carbohydrates in food enzymatically
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Turkish:
tükürük bezi
— any of exocrine glands producing saliva to break down carbohydrates in food enzymatically
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Turkish:
tükürük bezleri
— any of exocrine glands producing saliva to break down carbohydrates in food enzymatically
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Ukrainian:
сли́нна за́лоза
(slýnna záloza)
— any of exocrine glands producing saliva to break down carbohydrates in food enzymatically
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Vietnamese:
tuyến bước bọt
— any of exocrine glands producing saliva to break down carbohydrates in food enzymatically
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Welsh:
chwarren boer
— any of exocrine glands producing saliva to break down carbohydrates in food enzymatically