• Any number of exocrine glands that secrete saliva into the oral cavity.
  CDISC Terminology
  Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
• A gland in the mouth that produces saliva.
  NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms
  U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
• An exocrine gland that secretes saliva. Salivary glands are mostly located in and around the oral cavity.
  NCI Thesaurus
  U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
• Any of the three pairs of glands that secrete saliva in the mouth and aid in digestion.
  CRISP Thesaurus
  National Institutes of Health, 2006
• Lobular organ the parenchyma of which consists of glandular acini which communicate with oral cavity. Examples: parotid gland, sublingual gland, lingual salivary gland.
  Foundational Model of Anatomy
  University of Washington, 2017
• One of three pairs of glands that pour lubricating fluids and digestive enzymes into the mouth.
  Harvard Dictionary of Health Terms
  Harvard Medical Publishing, 2011
• Glands that secrete SALIVA in the MOUTH. There are three pairs of salivary glands (PAROTID GLAND; SUBLINGUAL GLAND; SUBMANDIBULAR GLAND).
  NLM Medical Subject Headings
  U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
• Salivary gland, any of the organs that secrete saliva, a substance that moistens and softens food, into the oral cavity of vertebrates. Salivary glands may be predominantly serous, mucous, or mixed in secretion. Mucus is a thick, clear, and somewhat slimy substance. Serous secretion is a more...
  Encyclopedia Britannica
  Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc., 2020