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Adenoid
noun · 78% connection
a collection of lymphatic tissue in the throat behind the uvula (on the posterior wall and roof of the nasopharynx); "hypertrophy of t…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: disease, horses, swine, upper, part.
Aggregate
adjective · 78% connection
Formed into clusters or groups of lobules; as, aggregate glands.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: disease, horses, swine, upper, part.
Angina
noun · 78% connection
Any inflammatory affection of the throat or faces, as the quinsy, malignant sore throat, croup, etc., especially such as tends to prod…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: disease, horses, swine, upper, part.
Boar
noun · 78% connection
Old World wild swine having a narrow body and prominent tusks from which most domestic swine come; introduced in United States
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: disease, horses, swine, upper, part.
Cattle
n. pl. · 78% connection
Quadrupeds of the Bovine family; sometimes, also, including all domestic quadrupeds, as sheep, goats, horses, mules, asses, and swine.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: disease, horses, swine, upper, part.
Chemung period
unknown · 78% connection
A subdivision in the upper part of the Devonian system in America, so named from the Chemung River, along which the rocks are well dev…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: disease, horses, swine, upper, part.
Conglobate
adjective · 78% connection
Collected into, or forming, a rounded mass or ball; as, the conglobate [lymphatic] glands; conglobate flowers.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: disease, horses, swine, upper, part.
Epithelium
noun · 78% connection
The superficial layer of cells lining the alimentary canal and all its appendages, all glands and their ducts, blood vessels and lymph…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: disease, horses, swine, upper, part.
Fives
noun · 78% connection
A disease of the glands under the ear in horses; the vives.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: disease, horses, swine, upper, part.
Ganglion
noun · 78% connection
A node, or gland in the lymphatic system; as, a lymphatic ganglion.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: disease, horses, swine, upper, part.
Gland
noun · 78% connection
An organ or part which resembles a secreting, or true, gland, as the ductless, lymphatic, pineal, and pituitary glands, the functions…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: disease, horses, swine, upper, part.
Glanders
noun · 78% connection
A highly contagious and very destructive disease of horses, asses, mules, etc., characterized by a constant discharge of sticky matter…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: disease, horses, swine, upper, part.
Glandular
adjective · 78% connection
Containing or supporting glands; consisting of glands; pertaining to glands.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: disease, horses, swine, upper, part.
Glandulous
adjective · 78% connection
Containing glands; consisting of glands; pertaining to glands; resembling glands.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: disease, horses, swine, upper, part.
Gorget
noun · 78% connection
A piece of armor, whether of chain mail or of plate, defending the throat and upper part of the breast, and forming a part of the doub…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: disease, horses, swine, upper, part.
Gula
noun · 78% connection
The upper front of the neck, next to the chin; the upper throat.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: disease, horses, swine, upper, part.
Guttural
adjective · 78% connection
Of or pertaining to the throat; formed in the throat; relating to, or characteristic of, a sound formed in the throat.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: disease, horses, swine, upper, part.
Herd
noun · 78% connection
A number of beasts assembled together; as, a herd of horses, oxen, cattle, camels, elephants, deer, or swine; a particular stock or fa…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: disease, horses, swine, upper, part.
