ductless gland

noun

1. endocrine gland.

ductless gland

noun

1. anatomy See endocrine gland

ductless gland

/ dŭkt′lĭs /

1. See endocrine gland

Word History and Origins

Origin of ductless gland¹

First recorded in 1840–50

Example Sentences

The thyroid, which in the adult is a complicated ductless gland, has in the young Ammocoetes the form of a longitudinal groove of the ventral wall of the pharynx.

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Thymus, thī′mus, n. a ductless gland near the root of the neck, of no known function, vestigial in adult man—that of veal and lamb called neck-sweetbread.

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At the present time the tendency among some writers is to make the ductless glands the responsible agents in almost all diseases.

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More detailed study, however, has shown that other ductless glands are probably also concerned in the etiology.

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In most of the extreme cases the dwarfing is the result of some defect in the ductless glands which regulate the normal growth of the body.

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