Meanings
adjectiveextraglandular (not comparable)
- not comparableoutside of a gland
The disease is also characterized by the presence of epithelial cell apoptosis, pathogenic autoantibodies, and overexpression of type I interferon (IFN), which can lead to exocrinopathy and extraglandular organ damage.
2015 October 8, “Growth Arrest-Specific 6 Protein in Patients with Sjögren Syndrome: Determination of the Plasma Level and Expression in the Labial Salivary Gland”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
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Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with extraglandular
glandularbiglandularcryptoglandulardermoglandularexcitoglandularfibroglandularhypoglandularinterglandularintraglandularlymphoglandularmultiglandularmusculoglandularneuroglandularnonglandularoculoglandularperiglandularpluriglandularpolyglandularpseudoglandularquadriglandularretroglandularsubglandulartriglandulartubuloglandular
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