HyperDic: apocrine_gland

English > 1 sense of the expression *apocrine gland*:
NOUN	body	apocrine gland	a large sweat gland that produces both a fluid and an apocrine secretion

English > *apocrine gland*: 1 sense > noun 1, body
Meaning	A large sweat gland that produces both a fluid and an apocrine secretion; in human beings located in hairy regions of the body.
Broader	sweat gland, sudoriferous gland	Any of the glands in the skin that secrete perspiration
Spanish	glándula aprocrina
Catalan	glàndula apocrina