Anatomy
parotid gland Audio
pa·rot·id gland [ puh-rot-id gland ]
Subclass of:
Salivary Glands
Definitions related to parotid gland:
  • Largest of the three pairs of salivary glands.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
  • The largest of the three paired salivary glands, located in front of the ear.
    NCI
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • The largest of the three pairs of SALIVARY GLANDS. They lie on the sides of the FACE immediately below and in front of the EAR.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2025
  • The salivary gland located adjacent to the ear.
    CDISC Terminology
    Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
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