HyperDic: apocrine_gland

English > 1 sense of the expression apocrine gland:
NOUNbodyapocrine glanda large sweat gland that produces both a fluid and an apocrine secretion
English > apocrine gland: 1 sense > noun 1, body
MeaningA large sweat gland that produces both a fluid and an apocrine secretion; in human beings located in hairy regions of the body.
Broadersweat gland, sudoriferous glandAny of the glands in the skin that secrete perspiration
Spanishglándula aprocrina
Catalanglàndula apocrina

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