eccrine gland

noun

A sweat gland of the human body.

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Meanings

nouneccrine gland (plural eccrine glands)

plural eccrine glands

  1. A sweat gland of the human body.

    By contrast, eccrine glands, which secrete clear salty water and some other electrolytes, can be found all over our bodies and are much more numerous on us than on other primates.

    2016, Joseph Henrich, chapter 5, in The Secret of Our Success […] , Princeton: Princeton University Press, →ISBN
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