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SUDORIFEROUS GLAND

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sudoriferous gland mean? 

SUDORIFEROUS GLAND (noun)
  The noun SUDORIFEROUS GLAND has 1 sense:

1. any of the glands in the skin that secrete perspirationplay

  Familiarity information: SUDORIFEROUS GLAND used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SUDORIFEROUS GLAND (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of the glands in the skin that secrete perspiration

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

sudoriferous gland; sweat gland

Hypernyms ("sudoriferous gland" is a kind of...):

duct gland; exocrine; exocrine gland (a gland that secretes externally through a duct)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sudoriferous gland"):

apocrine gland (a large sweat gland that produces both a fluid and an apocrine secretion; in human beings located in hairy regions of the body)

eccrine gland (a small sweat gland that produces only a fluid; restricted to the human skin)

Holonyms ("sudoriferous gland" is a part of...):

cutis; skin; tegument (a natural protective body covering and site of the sense of touch)


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