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SALIVARY DUCT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does salivary duct mean?
• SALIVARY DUCT (noun)
The noun SALIVARY DUCT has 1 sense:
1. a duct through which saliva passes from the salivary gland into the mouth
Familiarity information: SALIVARY DUCT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A duct through which saliva passes from the salivary gland into the mouth
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Hypernyms ("salivary duct" is a kind of...):
canal; channel; duct; epithelial duct (a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance)
Context examples
It includes the salivary duct carcinoma, salivary gland oncocytic carcinoma, and high grade salivary gland mucoepidermoid carcinoma.
(High Grade Salivary Gland Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)
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