gland of bowman

gland of bowman
\\-ˈbōmən\
Usage: usually capitalized B
Etymology: after Sir William Bowman died 1892 English ophthalmic surgeon
: any one of the tubular and often branched glands occurring beneath the sensory epithelium of the nose

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