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from The Century Dictionary.
- Producing water: applied to the parotid glands, which secrete a thinner fluid than the other salivary glands.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Med.) Secreting water; -- applied to certain glands.
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- adjective medicine
Secreting water ; applied to certainglands .
Etymologies
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Latin aqua water + parere to bring forth.
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