apocrine gland

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

   Broadersweat gland

Questions about apocrine gland

What does apocrine gland mean?

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

Is apocrine gland a common word?

apocrine gland is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.