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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Example sentences from the Web for sweat gland
A boil is an inflammatory formation having its starting point in a sebaceous-gland, sweat-gland, or hair-follicle.
Essentials of Diseases of the Skin|Henry Weightman StelwagonHydrocystoma is a cystic affection of the sweat-gland ducts, seated upon the face.
Essentials of Diseases of the Skin|Henry Weightman Stelwagon
British Dictionary definitions for sweat gland
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 gland
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 gland
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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