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Sweat Gland

Definition: Sweat Gland

Sweat Gland

Noun

1. Any of the glands in the skin that secrete perspiration.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Synonym: Sweat Gland

Synonym: sudoriferous gland (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Sweat Gland

English words defined with "sweat gland": apocrine glandeccrine gland. (references)
Specialty definitions using "sweat gland": HidradenitisNeoplasms, Adnexal and Skin Appendage. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Sweat Gland

DomainTitle

Books

  • Physiology and Pathophysiology of the Skin: The Sweat Gland, Skin Permeation, Lymphatics, the Nails (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Photo Album: Sweat Gland

ThumbnailDescription & Credit

Illustration of a cross-section of the skin with labels indicating epidermis, dermis, sweat gland, fatty tissue, nerve follicle and oil gland. See artwork: RR-15b, WYNTK-22b. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Expression: Sweat Gland

Expression using "sweat gland": Sweat Gland Diseases. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Sweat Gland

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

sweat gland

75

overactive sweat gland

7

blocked sweat gland

6

sweat gland disorder

4

sweat gland disease

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Sweat Gland

Language Translations for "sweat gland"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

gjëndër djerse. (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

потна жлеза. (various references)

   

Czech

  

potní žláza. (various references)

   

Danish

  

ductus sudoriferus (duct of sweat gland), corpus glandulae sudoriferae (body of sweat gland). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

zweetkanaaltje (duct of sweat gland), ductus sudoriferus (duct of sweat gland), corpus glandulae sudoriferae (body of sweat gland). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

hikirauhanen. (various references)

   

French

  

corps d'une glande sudoripare (body of sweat gland), canal sudorifère (duct of sweat gland). (various references)

   

German

  

Ductus sudoriferus (duct of sweat gland), Ductus sudorifer (duct of sweat gland), Corpus glandulae sudoriferae (body of sweat gland). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

σπείραμα ιδρωτοποιού αδένα (body of sweat gland). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

izzadságmirigy. (various references)

   

Italian

  

ghiandola sudoripara (gland that secretes sweat). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

汗腺 . (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

か"せ" (contagion, government compilation, government-appointed, infection, main line, psoriasis, trunk line, vessels, warship, watching agame). (various references)

   

Manx

  

fairaig ollish (suderiferous). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

eatsway andglay

   

Russian 

  

потовая железа (sweat-gland). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

znojna žlezda. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

glándula sudorípara (gland that secretes sweat). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

svettkörtel. (various references)

   

Turkish

  

terbezi. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Sweat Gland

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-d-e-g-l-n-s-t-w"

-1 letter: wasteland.

-2 letters: seladang, twangled, twangles, wantages, wetlands.

-3 letters: agendas, agnates, anlages, ansated, dangles, dentals, galenas, geladas, gelants, glandes, lagends, lanated, lasagne, sealant, seawant, slanged, slanted, stanged, tangled, tangles, twanged, twangle, wangled, wangles, wantage, wastage, weasand, wetland.

-4 letters: adages, adnate, agates, agenda, agents, aglets, agnate, alands, alants, alated, alates, angels, angled, angles, anlage, ansate, aslant.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Images: Photo Album
6. Expressions
7. Expressions: Internet
8. Translations: Modern
9. Anagrams
10. Bibliography


  

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