Sericterium: alternatives and connections

One of the granular masses which constitute a racemose or compound gland, as the pancreas; also, one of the saccular recesses in the l…

enlargement of bones of hands and feet and face; often accompanied by headache and muscle pain and emotional disturbances; caused by o…

A kind of silk lace originally of the color of raw silk, now sometimes dyed; -- called also blond lace.

An oblong case in which the silkworm lies in its chrysalis state. It is formed of threads of silk spun by the worm just before leaving…

A building or apartment for silkworms, when feeding and forming cocoons.

A thin stuff made of the finest wool or silk, or of wool and silk.

Damask silk; silk woven with an elaborate pattern of flowers and the like.

A double cocoon, made by two silkworms.

the secretion of an endocrine gland that is transmitted by the blood to the tissue on which it has a specific effect

The cerebral epiphysis, or pineal gland. See Pineal gland, under Pineal.

A reel for drawing off silk from cocoons; also, an establishment for reeling silk.

A thin, washable material of silk, or silk and cotton, originally imported from India, but now also made elsewhere.

A curl of hair or silk; a pad of frizzed hair or silk worn by women under the hair to stuff it out.

A very thin, slight, transparent stuff, generally of silk; also, any fabric resembling silk gauze; as, wire gauze; cotton gauze.

Having the form of a gland or nut; resembling a gland.

One of the masses of generative tissue primitively alike in both sexes, but giving rise to either an ovary or a testis; a generative g…

A coarse stuff made of silk and mohair, or of coarse silk.

an overactive thyroid gland; pathologically excessive production of thyroid hormones or the condition resulting from excessive product…