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sweat glands

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Glands in the skin that secrete sweat.

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In the UK, COTTON CANDY is more commonly known as…

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How to use sweat glands in a sentence

The temperature of the body is largely regulated by means of the activity of the sweat glands.
A Civic Biology|George William Hunter
Frequently the nerves dilate the blood vessels of the skin, thus helping the sweat glands to secrete, by giving them more blood.
A Civic Biology|George William Hunter
Its other heat-regulating mechanism is made up of the sweat glands.
Physiology|Ernest G. Martin
Sails were of no further use, and we braced up our sweat glands for four or five days of increasing heat.
In Eastern Seas|J. J. Smith

It is this function of the sweat glands which makes it necessary for us to bathe the surface of our bodies with water.
The Meaning of Evolution|Samuel Christian Schmucker