sweat gland

What does sweat gland mean?

sweat gland means "any of the glands in the skin that secrete perspiration".

What is another word for sweat gland?

Close synonyms include sudoriferous 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 sweat gland a common word?

sweat 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.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for sweat gland come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.