Crossword-Solution: PAROTID
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Parotid | a. | Situated near the ear; -- applied especially to the salivary gland near the ear. |
| Parotid | a. | Of, pertaining to, or in the region of, the parotid gland. |
| Parotid | n. | The parotid gland. |
We have 3 clues for the answer “PAROTID”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Salivary gland | 1 answer |
| Situated near the ear | 1 answer |
| Gland | 18 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
An inflammatory disease of the skin, characterized by the
presence of redness and itching, an eruption of small vesicles, and the
discharge of a watery exudation, which often dries up, leaving the skin
covered with crusts; -- called also tetter, milk crust, and salt rheum.
Hint 2 anagram
ZEACME
Hint 3 another clue
eruption
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Sentences with PAROTID (5)
One of the most frequent of the fibro-cartilaginous tumors is the "mixed cartilaginous" tumor of Paget, which grows in the interstitial tissues of the parotid gland, and sometimes attains enormous size.
Matas presented the photograph of a negress having an enormous fibroma growing from the left parotid region; and there is a photograph of a similar case in the Mutter Museum of the College of Physicians, Philadelphia.
This horse has an abscess of the parotid gland and the abscess should be opened large enough so that the finger can be introduced to break down adhesions, so that proper drainage can be established, after which wash out with a 5 per cent solution of permanganate of potash.
The mumps, inflammation of the "parotid" gland, is commonly ushered in with a slight feverish attack.
This is a thin, colorless, frothy, slightly alkaline liquid, secreted [Footnote: By secretion is meant merely a separation or picking out from the blood.] by the mucous membrane lining the mouth, and by three pairs of salivary glands (parotid, submaxillary, and sublingual) opening into the mouth through ducts, or tubes.
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Appears in: NYT.
Used 2 times in crossword archives (1968–1986).