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Fumaric (medicine) and Parotid (medicine)


Fumaric (medicine)


fumaric
<chemistry> Pertaining to, or derived from, fumitory (Fumaria officinalis).

<chemistry> Fumaric acid, a widely occurring organic acid, exttracted from fumitory as a white crystallline substance, C2H2(CO2H)2, and produced artificially in many ways, as by the distillation of malic acid; boletic acid. It is found also in the lichen, Iceland moss, and hence was also called lichenic acid.

Source: Websters Dictionary


Parotid (medicine)


parotid
<anatomy> Situated near the ear; applied especially to the salivary gland near the ear.

Of, pertaining to, or in the region of, the parotid gland.

<anatomy> Parotid gland, one of the salivary glands situated just in front of or below the ear. It is the largest of the salivary glands in man, and its duct opens into the interior of the mouth opposite the second molar of the upper jaw.

Origin: L. Parotis, -idis, Gr,; beside, near +, the ear: cf. F. Parotide.

<anatomy> The parotid gland.

Source: Websters Dictionary