sweat gland

noun

: a simple tubular gland of the skin that excretes perspiration, is widely distributed in nearly all parts of the human skin, and consists typically of an epithelial tube extending spirally from a minute pore on the surface of the skin into the dermis or subcutaneous tissues where it ends in a convoluted tuft

Examples of sweat gland in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Secondly, fingers have a higher density of sweat glands. —Jesa Marie Calaor, Allure, 7 July 2025

Getting Botox injections to temporarily prevent the stimulation of sweat glands. —Melina Khan, USA Today, 26 June 2025

Bacteria Your body has two major types of sweat glands—eccrine and apocrine glands. —Heidi Cope, Health, 23 Dec. 2024

This is an in-office procedure during which a dermatologist uses a device that destroys sweat glands with heat to reduce sweating. —Sherri Gordon, Health, 18 June 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1845, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for sweat gland

• armband
• backhand
• bandstand
• baseband
• broadband
• command
• cropland
• demand
• disband
• dreamland
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• farmhand

Kids Definition

sweat gland

noun

: a gland of the skin that gives off perspiration and opens by a tiny pore in the skin

Medical Definition

sweat gland

noun

: a simple tubular gland of the skin that secretes perspiration, in humans is widely distributed in nearly all parts of the skin, and consists typically of an epithelial tube extending spirally from a minute pore on the surface of the skin into the dermis or subcutaneous tissues where it ends in a convoluted tuft

called also sudoriferous gland, sudoriparous gland