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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of the numerous small, tubular glands that are found nearly everywhere in the skin of humans and that secrete perspiration externally through pores to help regulate body temperature.
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- noun anatomy An
exocrine gland found under the skin inmammals for regulatingbody temperature .
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- noun any of the glands in the skin that secrete perspiration
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