Identification of a very formal and traditional relationship between sisters. Most likely to be used by very traditional families, (miko, samurai, Yamato Nadeshiko, etc.). Tends to be a sign of awe rather than affection. (Awe can mean either adoration, or a type of fear).
Resembling a gland; when used in the plural, adenoids, they refer to lymphoid tissue that normally exists in the nasopharynx of children and is known in medicine as the pharyngeal tonsil. adipoid. Resemblance to fat; also, lipoid.
eccrine gland (a small sweat gland the produces only a fluid; restricted to the human skin). Holonyms (sudoriferous gland is a part of...): cutis; skin; tegument (a natural protective body covering and site of the sense of touch).