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subglandular

subglandular adjective: beneath a gland.

Adjective

subglandular (not comparable)

  1. Beneath a gland
    • In the augmentation and augmentation revision cohorts, subglandular placement was the second most frequent placement (15.7% and 28.4%, respectively), whereas in the reconstruction and reconstruction revision cohorts, it was complete submuscular placement (27.7% and 31.9%, respectively).2015 February 23, G. Patrick Maxwell et al., “Ten-Year Results From the Natrelle 410 Anatomical Form-Stable Silicone Breast Implant Core Study”, in Aesthetic Surgery Journal, volume 35, →DOI

Origin of subglandular

From sub- + glandular.

Words that rhyme with subglandular

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Questions about subglandular

What does subglandular mean?
Subglandular means beneath a gland.
What part of speech is subglandular?
Subglandular is an adjective.

Words near subglandular in the dictionary

  1. subglacial lake
  2. subglacial lakes
  3. subglacial volcano
  4. subglacial volcanoes
  5. subglacially
  6. subglandular
  7. subglaucous
  8. subgleba
  9. subglenoid
  10. subglobose
  11. subglobosely

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