SUBMAXILLARY GLAND

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does submaxillary gland mean? 

• SUBMAXILLARY GLAND (noun)
  The noun SUBMAXILLARY GLAND has 1 sense:

1. a salivary gland inside the lower jaw on either side that produces most of the nocturnal saliva; discharges saliva into the mouth under the tongue

  Familiarity information: SUBMAXILLARY GLAND used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SUBMAXILLARY GLAND (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A salivary gland inside the lower jaw on either side that produces most of the nocturnal saliva; discharges saliva into the mouth under the tongue

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

mandibular gland; submandibular gland; submandibular salivary gland; submaxillary gland; submaxillary salivary gland

Hypernyms ("submaxillary gland" is a kind of...):

salivary gland (any of three pairs of glands in the mouth and digestive system that secrete saliva for digestion)

 Context examples 

Ovine submaxillary mucin (OSM), extracted from an ovine submaxillary gland, provides a rich source of the sialylated Tn antigen (sTn), which is a carbohydrate antigen found on mucins of many epithelial tumors.

(Ovine Submaxillary Mucin, NCI Thesaurus)

A 6 kD polypeptide growth factor initially discovered in mouse submaxillary glands.

(Epidermal growth factor, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)