APOCRINE GLAND

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does apocrine gland mean? 

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

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

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• APOCRINE GLAND (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

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

sudoriferous gland; sweat gland (any of the glands in the skin that secrete perspiration)

 Context examples 

Apocrine glands in the skin are scent glands, and their secretions usually have an odor.

(Apocrine gland, NCI Dictionary)

A chronic inflammatory skin disorder characterized by pruritic papular eruptions in areas with apocrine glands.

(Fox-Fordyce Disease, NCI Thesaurus)

Apocrine glands in the skin and eyelid are sweat glands.

(Apocrine gland, NCI Dictionary)

Apocrine glands in the breast secrete fat droplets into breast milk and those in the ear help form earwax.

(Apocrine gland, NCI Dictionary)