Glossing: writing word-by-word transliteration. Gloss is generally defined as an explanatory comment or note added to the text of a book. It is words of explanation or translation of a foreign or strange word that needs explanation. Wilcox describes gloss as the following:
1 The lacrimal gland produces tears which enter into the duct that drain the tears from the eye into the nose. 2  The most common symptoms are If one has a plugged up tear duct, not only will tears spill over the eyelids and ru n down the face, but the stagnant tears within the system can become infected.
The pituitary gland is called the âmaster glandâ as the hormones it produces control so many different processes in the body. It senses the bodyâs needs and sends signals to different organs and glands throughout the body to regulate their function and maintain an appropriate environment. Conditions that cause the pituitary gland to produce too much of one or more hormone(s). 2  Examples include acromegaly, Cushing's disease and prolactinoma. 3  Conditions that cause the pituitary gland to produce too little of one or more hormone(s).