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parotid

[ UK /pˈæɹətˌɪd/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. relating to or located near the parotid gland

How To Use parotid In A Sentence

  • Surgeons are traditionalists, and the early experience of our peers has coloured current surgical opinion and slowed the introduction of conservative surgery for the benign parotid lump.
  • Pneumoparotid usually presents as a unilateral or bilateral facial swelling over the parotid region.
  • The right parotid duct is grazed in this cut.
  • Objective To evaluate the prevention of Frey's syndrome by reserving and reconstructing parotid fascia with sternocleidomastoid muscle and remaining of parotid fascia in parotidectomy .
  • Finally, pneumoparotid has been reported to be self-induced to simulate mumps to avoid school or military duty and in children who obsessively puff their cheeks in response to psychological stress.
  • The parotid cancer was diagnosed after the former Padres star had a third round of surgery since 1997 to remove a tumor on the parotid gland. Tony Gwynn Has Cancer: Report
  • A deep lobe parotid tumour may only be identified clinically by careful examination of the oropharynx and ipsilateral tonsil to rule out asymmetry.
  • The patient should be examined for evidence of other causes of lower facial weakness such as intracranial or parotid lesions or Lyme disease.
  • Previously, he had been told the swelling was caused by enlargement of the parotids.
  • In consequence of the formation of tumors about the throat in cattle, from inflammation of the parotid gland, blain, etc., so characteristic of this species of animals, it sometimes becomes necessary to perform this operation in order to save their lives. Cattle and Their Diseases Embracing Their History and Breeds, Crossing and Breeding, And Feeding and Management; With the Diseases to which They are Subject, And The Remedies Best Adapted to their Cure
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