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apocrine gland

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  • noun anatomy Any of several coiled, tubular glands that extrudes part of the cytoplasm as a secretion

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  • noun 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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  1. sudoriferous gland
  2. sweat gland

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