gland — An organized aggregation of cells functioning as a secretory or excretory organ. SYN: glandula (1) [TA]. [L. glans, acorn] accessory g. a small mass of glandular structure, detached from but lying near another and larger g., to which it is… … Medical dictionary
Thyroid — An adjective and a noun, pertaining to the thyroid gland or, less often today, to a preparation made of mammalian thyroid tissue to treat hypothyroidism. For example, the sentence My thyroid is not making enough thyroid hormone uses thyroid… … Medical dictionary
lingual thyroid — an accessory thyroid gland or thyroid tissue located at the base of the tongue, between the foramen cecum and the hyoid bone. It may project into the pharynx, be entirely within the tongue, or be just beneath it; sometimes the normally located… … Medical dictionary
retrosternal thyroid — substernal thyroid an accessory thyroid gland or thyroid tissue situated in the thorax behind the sternum … Medical dictionary
intrathoracic thyroid — an accessory thyroid gland or thyroid tissue located within the thoracic cavity … Medical dictionary
suprahyoid thyroid — an accessory thyroid gland or thyroid tissue found above the hyoid bone … Medical dictionary
Pineal gland — Diagram of pituitary and pineal glands in the human brain Latin glandula pinealis Gray s … Wikipedia
Adrenal gland — Endocrine system Adrenal gland … Wikipedia
Cricothyroid branch of superior thyroid artery — Artery: Cricothyroid branch of superior thyroid artery The thyroid gland and its relations. Latin ramus cricothyroideus arteriae thyroideae superioris Gray s … Wikipedia
glandula — 1. [NA] SYN: gland. 2. SYN: glandule. [L. gland, dim. of glans, acorn] glandulae areolares [TA] SYN: areolar glands, under gland. g. atrabiliaris SYN: suprarenal gland. g. basilaris SYN: pituitary gland. glandulae bronchiales [TA] SYN: bronchial… … Medical dictionary
Anton Wölfler — (January 12, 1850 January 31, 1917) was an Austrian surgeon who was born in Kopezten, a village near Kladrau, Bohemia.In 1874 he earned his medical doctorate from the University of Vienna, where he was a student of Theodor Billroth (1829 1894).… … Wikipedia