exocrine gland

1. 1.

   a gland that secretes externally through a duct

   Synonymsexocrineduct gland

   Broadergland

   Narroweroil glandsweat glandlacrimal glandpancreasCowper's glandcervical glandsseminal vesicledigestive glandsalivary glandmammary gland

Questions about exocrine gland

What does exocrine gland mean?

exocrine gland means "a gland that secretes externally through a duct".

What is another word for exocrine gland?

Close synonyms include exocrine, duct gland. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is exocrine gland a common word?

exocrine 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.