SUDORIFEROUS GLAND

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Any of the glands in the skin that secrete perspiration

Synonyms:

sudoriferous gland; sweat gland

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("sudoriferous gland" is a kind of...):

duct gland; exocrine; exocrine gland (a gland that secretes externally through a duct)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sudoriferous gland"):

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

eccrine gland (a small sweat gland that produces only a fluid; restricted to the human skin)

Holonyms ("sudoriferous gland" is a part of...):

cutis; skin; tegument (a natural protective body covering and site of the sense of touch)