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Definition of Ductless gland
1. Noun. Any of the glands of the endocrine system that secrete hormones directly into the bloodstream.
Generic synonyms: Gland, Secreter, Secretor, Secretory Organ
Group relationships: Endocrine System
Specialized synonyms: Thyroid, Thyroid Gland, Parathyroid, Parathyroid Gland, Adrenal, Adrenal Gland, Suprarenal Gland, Prostate, Prostate Gland, Thymus, Thymus Gland, Hypophysis, Pituitary, Pituitary Body, Pituitary Gland, Adenohypophysis, Anterior Pituitary, Anterior Pituitary Gland, Pars Anterior, Pars Distilis, Pars Intermedia, Neurohypophysis, Pars Nervosa, Posterior Pituitary, Posterior Pituitary Gland, Epiphysis, Epiphysis Cerebri, Pineal Body, Pineal Gland, Islands Of Langerhans, Isles Of Langerhans, Islets Of Langerhans, Adrenal Cortex, Adrenal Medulla, Corpus Luteum, Gonad, Sex Gland
Derivative terms: Endocrinal
Definition of Ductless gland
1. Noun. (anatomy) Any gland that secretes hormones directly into the bloodstream; especially the endocrine gland ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ductless Gland
Literary usage of Ductless gland
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Exceptional Child by Maximilian Paul Eugen Groszmann (1917)
"The adjusting mechanisms of development are more or less reciprocal; thus a
ductless gland not only influences development, but is itself influenced by ..."
2. A Text-book of the Principles of Animal Histology by Ulric Dahlgren, William Allison Kepner (1908)
"The adrenal gland originates in an entirely different manner from two kinds of
tissues, and is a ductless gland in the body cavity. ..."
3. The Ductless Glandular Diseases by Wilhelm Falta (1916)
"The disease of an individual ductless gland regularly has as a sequel disturbance
in the other ductless glands, that eventually may be recovered from if the ..."
4. Bulletin of Pharmacy (1920)
"The terms "ductless gland," "gland of internal secretion" and ... It is not
necessary that there be destruction of a ductless gland to produce an altering ..."
5. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1889)
"ductless gland, a so-called gland, such as the spleen, thymus, thyroid, ....
Thymus gland, a so-called ductless gland situated at the root of the throat, ..."
6. The Pituitary Body and Its Disorders: Clinical States Produced by Disorders by Harvey Cushing (1912)
"... group has been made under this heading, for the purpose of including a number
of patients exhibiting unmistakable evidences of ductless gland disorder, ..."
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