sweat gland

noun Anatomy.

one of the minute, coiled, tubular glands of the skin that secrete sweat.

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Origin of sweat gland

First recorded in 1835–45

Words nearby sweat gland

sweat, sweat bee, sweat blood, sweat bullets, sweat equity, sweat gland, sweat gland carcinoma, sweat glands, sweat lodge, sweat of one's brow, sweat off
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Words related to sweat glands

orifice, opening, vesicle, outlet, foramen, stoma

British Dictionary definitions for sweat glands

sweat gland

noun

any of the coiled tubular subcutaneous glands that secrete sweat by means of a duct that opens on to the skin
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Medical definitions for sweat glands

sweat gland

n.

Any of the small, tubular glands that are found nearly everywhere in the skin of humans, that secrete perspiration externally through pores, and that comprise the apocrine sweat and eccrine glands.sudoriferous gland
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Scientific definitions for sweat glands

sweat gland

Any of the numerous small, tubular glands that are found in the skin of many mammals and that secrete sweat externally through pores to help regulate body temperature. In humans and some other mammals, sweat glands are distributed over most of the body surface.
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Cultural definitions for sweat glands

sweat glands

Glands in the skin that secrete sweat.

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