- lip gland
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(SIPUNCULA)
Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology. A.R. Maggenti and S.L. Gardne. 2005.
lip gland
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lip|o|trop|in — «LIHP uh TROH pihn, LY puh », noun. a hormone of the pituitary gland that promotes the breakdown of fat in the body and is a chemical precursor of the endorphins … Useful english dictionary
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sweat gland — Anat. one of the minute, coiled, tubular glands of the skin that secrete sweat. [1835 45] * * * Either of two types of perspiration glands in the skin. Eccrine sweat glands, controlled by the sympathetic nervous system, use evaporation to cool… … Universalium
glandular organ — (SIPUNCULA) A prominent structure on the ventral, median part of the oral disc of pelagosphera larvae; lip gland … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
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lipid — /lip id, luy pid/, n. Biochem. any of a group of organic compounds that are greasy to the touch, insoluble in water, and soluble in alcohol and ether: lipids comprise the fats and other esters with analogous properties and constitute, with… … Universalium
lipotropin — /lip euh troh pin, luy peuh /, n. Biochem. a large polypeptide of the pituitary gland from which endorphins and other endogenous opiates are thought to derive. [1960 65; LIPOTROP(IC) + IN2] * * * … Universalium
