noun
a small sweat gland that produces only a fluid; restricted to the human skin
• Hypernyms: ↑sweat gland, ↑sudoriferous gland
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noun : any of the rather small sweat glands that produce an eccrine secretion, are restricted to the human skin, and are lined with cuboidal epithelium surrounded by contractile myoepithelial cells — compare apocrine gland
Useful english dictionary. 2012.