APOCRINE GLAND

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

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

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Nouns denoting body parts

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

sudoriferous gland; sweat gland (any of the glands in the skin that secrete perspiration)

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