| NOUN | body | sudoriferous gland, sweat gland | any of the glands in the skin that secrete perspiration |
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| Meaning | Any of the glands in the skin that secrete perspiration. | |
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| Synonym | sweat gland | |
| Part of | skin, tegument, cutis | A natural protective body covering and site of the sense of touch |
| Narrower | apocrine gland | A large sweat gland that produces both a fluid and an apocrine secretion |
| eccrine gland | A small sweat gland that produces only a fluid | |
| Broader | exocrine gland, exocrine, duct gland | A gland that secretes externally through a duct |
| Spanish | glándula sudorípara | |
| Catalan | glándula sudorípara, glàndula sudorípara | |
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