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sweat gland — sweat ,gland noun count an organ in your body that produces SWEAT … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
Sweat gland — Infobox Anatomy Name = PAGENAME Latin = GraySubject = GrayPage = Caption2 = Cross section of all skin layers. Sweat gland is labeled at center. Precursor = System = Artery = Vein = Nerve = Lymph = MeshName = Sweat+glands MeshNumber = DorlandsPre … Wikipedia
sweat gland — noun any of the glands in the skin that secrete perspiration (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑sudoriferous gland • Hypernyms: ↑exocrine gland, ↑exocrine, ↑duct gland • Hyponyms: ↑apoc … Useful english dictionary
sweat gland — Anat. one of the minute, coiled, tubular glands of the skin that secrete sweat. [1835 45] * * * Either of two types of perspiration glands in the skin. Eccrine sweat glands, controlled by the sympathetic nervous system, use evaporation to cool… … Universalium
Sweat gland — The sweat (sudoriferous) glands are small tubular structures situated within and under the skin (in the subcutaneous tissue). They discharge sweat by tiny openings in the surface of the skin. The sweat is a transparent colorless acidic fluid with … Medical dictionary
sweat gland — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms sweat gland : singular sweat gland plural sweat glands an organ in your body that produces sweat … English dictionary
sweat gland — a simple coiled tubular exocrine gland that lies in the dermis of the skin. A long duct carries its secretion (sweat) to the surface of the skin. Sweat glands occur over most of the surface of the body; they are particularly abundant in the… … The new mediacal dictionary
Sweat gland tumor — 1. A benign (harmless) skin tumor called a syringoma that derives from cells related to sweat glands. (These particular specialized cells are scientifically referred to as eccrine.) Syringomas tend to appear during puberty or adult life. They… … Medical dictionary
sweat gland — noun An exocrine gland found under the skin in mammals for regulating body temperature. Syn: sudoriferous gland … Wiktionary
sweat gland — part of the body which releases sweat … English contemporary dictionary
