GLANDS, TEMPORARY
\ɡlˈandz], \ɡlˈandz], \ɡ_l_ˈa_n_d_z]\
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Glands without permanent orifices. Glands, that consist of a single primary vesicle or sacculus, which, having elaborated a secretion in its interior, bursts, discharges it, and disappears. The Graafian vesicles and the gland cells afford examples of these.
By Robley Dunglison
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