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- noun Plural form of
parotid .
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Examples
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Next in size to the parotids are the _submaxillary_ glands.
Physiology and Hygiene for Secondary Schools Francis M. Walters
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We might be surprised to be told that these parotid glands can have anything to do with the sex organs, but there is no other remote organ that has such a close and rather mysterious relationship with the sex-glands as have the parotids.
Woman Her Sex and Love Life William J. Robinson
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