Parotid Definition

Parotid Sentence Examples

• The poison is secreted in modified upper labial glands, or in a pair of large glands which are the homologues of the parotid salivary glands of other animals.

• These changes are found in senile wasting, in metaplasia of cartilage, in many tumours, especially mixed growths of the parotid gland and testicle, and in various inflammatory granulation ulcers.

• Of the salivary glands the parotid is by far the largest, elongated in the vertical direction, and narrower in the middle than at either end.

• Typical abscess seen in a case of caseous lymphadenitis (parotid lymph node affected ).

• None of the tumors was localized exclusively to the parotid gland, so the primary site was referred to as the " parotid region.