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Apocrine Sweat Gland
A type of large, coiled, tubular, sometimes branched, specialized sweat gland that empties into the upper portion of a hair follicle instead of directly onto the skin surface. It has no secretory innervation but is sensitive to epinephrine in the bloodstream. (NCI Thesaurus)
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