sweat gland

/swɛt glænd/
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Other forms: sweat glands

Definitions of sweat gland
  1. noun
    any of the glands in the skin that secrete perspiration
    synonyms: sudoriferous gland
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    types:
    apocrine gland
    a large sweat gland that produces both a fluid and an apocrine secretion; in human beings located in hairy regions of the body
    eccrine gland
    a small sweat gland that produces only a fluid; restricted to the human skin
    type of:
    duct gland, exocrine, exocrine gland
    a gland that secretes externally through a duct
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