apocrine gland

Noun

Meaning

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

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Synonyms

endocrine gland mammary gland exocrine gland salivary gland sebaceous gland eccrine gland sweat gland alveolar gland mucous gland muciparous gland acinar gland holocrine gland ceruminous gland compound gland merocrine gland
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Hypernyms

sweat gland sudoriferous gland

Close letter words and terms

apocopic apocrenate apocrine apocrinitis apocrisarius apocrisiarius