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parotid


  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Parotid  \Pa*rot"id\,  n.  (Anat.) 
  The  parotid  gland. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Parotid  \Pa*rot"id\,  a.  [L.  parotis,  -idis,  Gr  ?,  ?;  ?  beside, 
  near  +  ?,  ?,  the  ear:  cf  F.  parotide.  ]  (Anat.) 
  a  Situated  near  the  ear;  --  applied  especially  to  the 
  salivary  gland  near  the  ear. 
  b  Of  pertaining  to  or  in  the  region  of  the  parotid 
  gland. 
 
  {Parotid  gland}  (Anat.),  one  of  the  salivary  glands  situated 
  just  in  front  of  or  below  the  ear.  It  is  the  largest  of 
  the  salivary  glands  in  man,  and  its  duct  opens  into  the 
  interior  of  the  mouth  opposite  the  second  molar  of  the 
  upper  jaw. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  parotid 
  adj  :  relating  to  or  located  near  the  parotid  gland 




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