See Also: sialometaplasia(medicine)
sialometaplasia, necrotizing(medicine)

salicin (iou) and sialometaplasia (medicine)


salicin (iou)



salicin noun. M19.
[French salicine, from Latin salic-: see SALICETUM, -IN1.]
A water-soluble glucoside, C13H18O7, obtained from the bark of willows (genus Salix), formerly used as an analgesic.

sialometaplasia (medicine)


sialometaplasia
Squamous metaplasia in the salivary ducts.

Origin: sialo-+ metaplasia

Necrotizing sialometaplasia, squamous metaplasia of the salivary gland ducts and lobules, with ischemic necrosis of the salivary gland lobules; seen most frequently in the hard palate.