sweat gland

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Definition von sweat gland im Englisch Türkisch wörterbuch

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Englisch - Englisch

Definition von sweat gland im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch

An exocrine gland found under the skin in mammals for regulating body temperature

part of the body which releases sweat

Any of the numerous small, tubular glands that are found nearly everywhere in the skin of humans and that secrete perspiration externally through pores to help regulate body temperature. a small organ under your skin that produces sweat. Either of two types of perspiration glands in the skin. Eccrine sweat glands, controlled by the sympathetic nervous system, use evaporation to cool the skin by secreting water when body temperature rises. Apocrine sweat glands, usually associated with hair follicles, are concentrated in the underarms and genital region. Starting at puberty, hormones stimulate them to continuously secrete a fatty sweat. Certain specialized glands, such as mammary glands and wax-secreting glands of the ear canal, probably developed from this type of gland

any of the glands in the skin that secrete perspiration

Relevante Übersetzungen

sweat glands

plural form of sweat gland

sweat glands

external excreting glands that are responsible for excreting perspiration

Türkische aussprache

swet gländ

Synonyme

sudoriferous gland

Aussprache

/ˈswet ˈgland/ /ˈswɛt ˈɡlænd/

Etymologie

[ 'swet ] (verb.) before 12th century. Middle English sweten, from Old English sw[AE]tan, from swAt sweat; akin to Old High German sweiz sweat, Latin sudare to sweat, Greek hidrOs sweat.