a. Anat. [ad. mod.L. (ductus) Stenonian-us, f. Stenon- (Steno) or Stenoni-us, latinized name of Nikolaus Stensen, Danish anatomist, who first described this structure.] Stenonian duct: the parotid duct; also called Steno’s or Stensen’s duct. So Stenonine [-INE.].
1769. Croker, etc., Dict. Arts & Sci., Stenonian Duct.
1846. G. E. Day, trans. Simon’s Anim. Chem., II. 15. The stenonian duct of a sheep.
1848. Quain’s Anat. (ed. 5), II. 1008. The parotid duct, named also the Stenonian duct, appears at the anterior border of the gland.
1884. Coues, N. Amer. Birds, 210. In woodpeckers,… elaborate special salivary glands occur, having a … special ‘stenonine’ duct.
