Glairy

(gldr’-e) [OF., glaive, the white of egg, from clarus, clear]. Slimy; albuminous. Gland \_glans, an acorn]. I. An organ which secretes something e ential to the system or excretes waste materials the retention of which would be deleterious to the body. The word is also applied to structures which were formerly thought to secrete, as the suprarenal capsules, the pineal gland, etc., but which have no visible secretion. In structure glands may be tubular or racemose, simple or compound. 2. The bulbous end of the penis and clitoris. G., Absorbent. See G., Lymphatic. G., Acce ory Thyroid, a small ma of gland-ti ue connected with the thyroid gland. G., Acinous. See G., Racemose. G., Agminated. See G., Peyer’s. G., Axillary, the lymph-glands situated in the axilla. G. of Bartholin, a small gland on either side of the vagina, opening through a duct, on the inner side of the nympha; the vulvovaginal gland. G., Blood. See G., Hematopoietic. G., Bronchial, the lymph-glands of the root of the bronchi. G., Brunner’s, the racemose glands found in the wall of the duodenum. G., Ceruminous, the glands secreting the cerumen of the ear. G., Cervical, the lymph glands of the neck. G., ch353.xhtml c 296