sweat glands
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The big cats and other hunters that these foragers feared had many fewer eccrine sweat glands than humans; predators had to stay cool in the daytime by hunkering in the shade.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 16, 2026
The treatment uses a combination of suction and heat to destroy the sweat glands, rather than just paralyze them.
From Slate • Aug. 27, 2024
The researchers discovered that this particular secretoglobin is produced primarily by cells in the sweat glands.
From Science Daily • Mar. 19, 2024
Humans probably smell, well, human to most wildlife — without fur, and with our sweat glands oozing at the surface, we’re a pretty stinky, or at least stunningly recognizable, creature.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 1, 2024
A human being is covered with sweat glands: a square-inch section of the human hand contains thousands of them.
From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day
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