Usually means: Salivary gland near the ear.
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  1. parotid: Merriam-Webster
  2. parotid: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. parotid: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. parotid: Collins English Dictionary
  5. parotid: Vocabulary.com
  6. parotid: Wordnik
  7. parotid: Wiktionary
  8. parotid: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. parotid: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. parotid: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. parotid: Dictionary.com
  12. Parotid: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. Parotid: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  14. parotid: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  15. parotid: Rhymezone
  16. Parotid: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  17. parotid: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  18. parotid: FreeDictionary.org
  19. parotid: Mnemonic Dictionary
  20. parotid: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. parotid: Encyclopedia

Medicine (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. parotid: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  4. parotid: Medical dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (parotid)

▸ adjective:  Relating to the parotid gland.
▸ noun:  The parotid gland.

Similar:
parotidean, parotitic, parathyroidal, parotideomasseteric, paraganglionic, paraganglial, parabronchial, salivary, paronychial, paraglossal, more...

Types:
salivary, submandibular, sublingual, more...

Phrases:
parotid gland, parotid glands, Parotid duct, parotid saliva, parotid region, more...

Adjectives:
human, right, left, bilateral, normal, superficial, accessory, deep, enlarged, unilateral, recurrent

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Similar:
parotidean, parotitic, parathyroidal, parotideomasseteric, paraganglionic, paraganglial, parabronchial, salivary, paronychial, paraglossal, more...

Types:
salivary, submandibular, sublingual, more...

Phrases:
parotid gland, parotid glands, Parotid duct, parotid saliva, parotid region, parotid enlargement, parotid fascia, parotid space, parotid papilla, parotid abscess, parotid vein, parotid notch, parotid veins, more...

Adjectives:
human, right, left, bilateral, normal, superficial, accessory, deep, enlarged, unilateral, recurrent



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