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adenocarcinoma
a malignant tumour originating in glandular tissue -
adenoma
a tumour, usually benign, occurring in glandular tissue -
alveolus
any small pit, cavity, or saclike dilation, such as a honeycomb cell -
eccrinology
the branch of physiology and anatomy dealing with secretions and the secretory glands. -
epithelium
The thin tissue forming the outer layer of a body’s surface and lining the alimentary canal and other hollow structures. -
golgi body
an organelle, consisting of layers of flattened sacs, that takes up and processes secretory and synthetic products from the endoplasmic reticulum and then either releases the finished products into various parts of the cell cytoplasm or secretes them to the outside of the cell.