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单词 sweat gland
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sweat gland

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noun Anatomy.

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

Origin of sweat gland

First recorded in 1835–45

Words nearby sweat gland

sweated, sweat equity, sweater, sweatercoat, sweater girl, sweat gland, sweat gland carcinoma, sweat glands, sweathouse, sweating sickness, sweating system
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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 Stelwagon
  • Hydrocystoma 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
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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
The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.

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.
The American Heritage® Science Dictionary Copyright © 2011. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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