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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Medical Dictionary 英漢醫學字典

 parotid gland 名詞
 腮腺

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Pa·rot·id a.  Anat. (a) Situated near the ear; -- applied especially to the salivary gland near the ear.  (b) Of, pertaining to, or in the region of, the parotid gland.
 Parotid gland Anat., 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.

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 parotid gland
      n : a large salivary gland that produces 50% of daytime saliva;
          in human beings it is located in front of and below each
          ear