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APOCRINE GLAND
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A large sweat gland that produces both a fluid and an apocrine secretion; in human beings located in hairy regions of the body
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Hypernyms ("apocrine gland" is a kind of...):
sudoriferous gland; sweat gland (any of the glands in the skin that secrete perspiration)