SWEAT GLAND

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sweat gland mean? 

• SWEAT GLAND (noun)
  The noun SWEAT GLAND has 1 sense:

1. any of the glands in the skin that secrete perspiration

  Familiarity information: SWEAT GLAND used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SWEAT GLAND (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of the glands in the skin that secrete perspiration

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

sudoriferous gland; sweat gland

Hypernyms ("sweat gland" is a kind of...):

duct gland; exocrine; exocrine gland (a gland that secretes externally through a duct)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sweat gland"):

apocrine gland (a large sweat gland that produces both a fluid and an apocrine secretion; in human beings located in hairy regions of the body)

eccrine gland (a small sweat gland that produces only a fluid; restricted to the human skin)

Holonyms ("sweat gland" is a part of...):

cutis; skin; tegument (a natural protective body covering and site of the sense of touch)

 Context examples 

A carcinoma with apocrine differentiation arising from the sweat glands.

(Apocrine Gland Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

Cevimeline binds to and activates muscarinic receptors, thereby increasing the secretions in exocrine salivary and sweat glands.

(Cevimeline, NCI Thesaurus)

An adenocarcinoma arising from the sweat glands.

(Digital Papillary Eccrine Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

A benign or malignant sweat gland neoplasm with apocrine differentiation.

(Apocrine Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)

An uncommon benign neoplasm of the sweat glands characterized by the presence of clear cells.

(Clear Cell Hidradenoma, NCI Thesaurus)

A benign epithelial neoplasm arising from the apocrine sweat glands.

(Apocrine Adenoma, NCI Thesaurus)

A type of simple sweat gland that is found in almost all regions of the skin.

(Eccrine gland, NCI Dictionary)

A benign neoplasm arising from the sweat glands.

(Papillary Eccrine Adenoma, NCI Thesaurus)

The dermis has connective tissue, blood vessels, oil and sweat glands, nerves, hair follicles, and other structures.

(Dermis, NCI Dictionary)

A benign sweat gland neoplasm usually occurring in the scalp or the face.

(Cylindroma, NCI Thesaurus)