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PRONUNCIATION OF SWEAT GLAND

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Sweat gland is a noun.
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WHAT DOES SWEAT GLAND MEAN IN ENGLISH?

sweat gland

Sweat gland

Sweat glands, are small tubular structures of the skin that produce sweat. There are two main types of sweat glands: ▪ Eccrine sweat glands are distributed almost all over the body, though their density varies from region to region. Humans utilize eccrine sweat glands as a primary form of cooling. ▪ Apocrine sweat glands are larger, have a different secretion mechanism, and are mostly limited to the axilla and perianal areas in humans. Although apocrine glands contribute little to cooling in humans, they are the only effective sweat glands in hoofed animals such as the camel, donkey, horse, and cattle. Domestic animals have apocrine glands at the base of each hair follicle but eccrine glands only in foot pads and snout. Their apocrine glands, like those in humans, produce an odorless oily milky secretion evolved not to evaporate and cool but rather coat and stick to hair so odor-causing bacteria can grow on it. Eccrine glands on their foot pads, like those on palms and soles of humans, did not evolve to cool either but rather increase friction and enhance grip.

Definition of sweat gland in the English dictionary

The definition of sweat gland in the dictionary is any of the coiled tubular subcutaneous glands that secrete sweat by means of a duct that opens on to the skin.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SWEAT GLAND

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WORDS THAT END LIKE SWEAT GLAND

adrenal gland
Bank of England
Church of England
Deutschland
endocrine gland
England
gangland
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Higher Education Funding Council for England
Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission for England
lacrimal gland
Lord Chief Justice of England
mammary gland
Middle England
New England
parathyroid gland
pineal gland
pituitary gland
prostate gland
salivary gland
thyroid gland

Synonyms and antonyms of sweat gland in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «sweat gland» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SWEAT GLAND

Find out the translation of sweat gland to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of sweat gland from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «sweat gland» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

汗腺
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

las glándulas sudoríparas
570 millions of speakers

English

sweat gland
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

पसीना ग्रंथि
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

غدة عرق
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

потовых желез
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

glândulas sudoríparas
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ঘাম গ্রন্থি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

glandes sudoripares
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

kelenjar peluh
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Schweißdrüse
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

汗腺
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

땀샘
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kelenjar sing kringet
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tuyến mồ hôi
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

வியர்வை சுரப்பி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

घाम ग्रंथी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

ter bezi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

ghiandole sudoripare
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

gruczołów potowych
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

потових залоз
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

glandelor sudoripare
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ιδρώτα αδένα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

sweetklier
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

svettkörtel
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

svette kjertel
5 millions of speakers

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SWEAT GLAND»

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Diseases of the Eye and Skin: A Color Atlas
Although the retention cyst of a gland of Moll arises from occlusion of a sweat gland duct and is not a cystadenoma, its clinical appearance is similar to that of a cystadenoma. It presents as a translucent, raised, dome-shaped cystic lesion of the ...
H. Bruce Ostler, 2004
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Human Microscopic Anatomy: An Atlas for Students of Medicine ...
2. The apocrine sweat glands are tubuloalveolar glands composed of a body and an excretory duct. The body (B) of an apocrine sweat gland is formed of numerous more or less coiled tubuloalveoli (Ta) with frequent sac-like outpocketings (S).
Radivoj V. Krstic, 1991
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Eyelid, Conjunctival, and Orbital Tumors: An Atlas and Textbook
General Considerations Malignant neoplasms (adenocarcinomas) of sweat gland origin are sufficiently uncommon that, with few exceptions, most reports involve single case descriptions (1-32). The three most often reported malignant eyelid ...
Jerry A. Shields, Carol L. Shields, 2008
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Cancer in Dogs and Cats: Medical and Surgical Management
Apocrine sweat gland tumors are uncommon in dogs and rare in cats.6-18 Sweat gland tumors are classified as secretory (glandular) or ductal by their area of origin. In one study, 74% of 461 canine sweat gland tumors were adenomas arising ...
Wallace B. Morrison, 2002
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Sweat Gland Diseases—Advances in Research and Treatment: ...
Sweat Gland Diseases—Advances in Research and Treatment / 2012 Edition is a ScholarlyPaperTM that delivers timely, authoritative, and intensively focused information about Sweat Gland Diseases in a compact format. The editors have ...
‎2012
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DiFiore's Atlas of Histology with Functional Correlations
This new edition features: · New chapter on cell biology accompanied by both drawings and representative photomicrographs of the main stages in the cell cycle during mitosis · Contents reorganized into four parts, progressing logically ...
Victor P. Eroschenko, Mariano S. H. di Fiore, 2013
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Antiperspirants and Deodorants, Second Edition,
MORPHOLOGY The simple structure of the eccrine sweat gland makes it among the least complicated of all exocrine glands. It consists of a single tubule ranging from about 4 to 8 mm in total length with an outside diameter ranging between ...
Karl Laden, 1999
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Color Atlas of Cytology, Histology, and Microscopic Anatomy
1 Secretory duct 3 Adipocytes 2 Secretory tubule 4 Apocrine sweat gland Stain: Masson-Goldnertrichrome; magnification: * 130 609 Apocrine Sweat Gland— Clandulae Sudoriferae Apocrinae— Scent Glands Scent glands only occur in ...
Wolfgang Kühnel, 2003
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Cystic Fibrosis: A Guide for Patient and Family
In the normal (left) and cystic fibrosis (right) sweat gland, fluid begins in the base of the duct with a salt (sodium chloride) content close to that of blood. Then, in the normal sweat gland, as the fluid moves up the gland toward the skin, sodium ...
David M. Orenstein, 2004
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Eyelid Tumors: Clinical Diagnosis and Surgical Treatment
Therefore, these tumors have a better prognosis with less potential for metastasis ; however, sweat gland carcinomas can metastasize.63 Sweat gland carcinomas have a low metastatic potential but can spread to regional lymph nodes.62 One ...
Jay Justin Older, Richard J. Grostern, 2003

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SWEAT GLAND»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term sweat gland is used in the context of the following news items.
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Do you have an overactive thyroid?
Since the thyroid gland controls the body's metabolism, an overactive thyroid puts ... As your body temperature rises, your sweat glands tend to overwork, and ... «Harvard Health, Jun 15»
2
How To Deal With Excessive Sweat
Apocrine sweat glands, which are usually associated with hair follicles, continuously secrete a fatty sweat into the gland tubule. Emotional stress causes the ... «Lifehacker Australia, Dec 14»
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Sweat Sensors Will Change How Wearables Track Your Health
That's because the cell membranes lining the sweat gland act as “salt pumps.” When messages from the central nervous system trigger the membranes to push ... «IEEE Spectrum, Oct 14»
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Why Your Palms Get Sweaty When You're Excited, Scared or Nervous
In the case of being excited, scared, or nervous, the cause is stimulation of a specific type of sweat gland from your fight or flight (sympathetic) nervous system. «Gizmodo, Nov 13»
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No sweat: The £2000 zapper that means you'll never have to buy …
When a sweat gland is stimulated – by exercise, temperature or emotion – it secretes a fluid of water, sodium, chloride and potassium, which evaporates to cool ... «Daily Mail, Oct 13»
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What is anhidrosis? What hypohidrosis?
Plugged sweat gland ducts - the sweat gland ducts can become blocked, either as a result of dead skin or bacterial infections, particularly with Staphylococcus ... «Medical News Today, Sep 13»
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It Happened To Me: I Got Surgery To Make My Hands And Feet Stop …
Hyperhidrosis made my hands and feet drip sweat all the time, so I went under the .... they went in under my arm, collapsed a lung, and clamped my sweat gland. «xoJane, May 13»
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Your feet have the most sweat glands in your body
Sweat is your body's cooling system – it's evaporation serves to cool you off. But it's not all the same. Your body has two to four million sweat glands divided into ... «Toronto Star, Apr 13»
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East Asian Physical Traits Linked to 35000-Year-Old Mutation
The traits — thicker hair shafts, more sweat glands, characteristically identified teeth and smaller breasts — are the result of a gene mutation that occurred about ... «New York Times, Feb 13»
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Blood, sweat and no tears: sweat glands help repair skin
But Laure Rittié from the University of Michigan Medical School and colleagues have shown that a type of sweat gland not found in animals also plays a role. «New Scientist, Nov 12»

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