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eccrine glands

eccrine glands is the plural of eccrine gland.

Meaning of eccrine gland

Noun

eccrine gland (plural eccrine glands)

  1. A sweat gland of the human body.
    • By contrast, eccrine glands, which secrete clear salty water and some other electrolytes, can be found all over our bodies and are much more numerous on us than on other primates.2016, Joseph Henrich, chapter 5, in The Secret of Our Success […] , Princeton: Princeton University Press, →ISBN

Questions about eccrine glands

What is eccrine glands the plural of?
Eccrine glands is the plural of eccrine gland.

Words near eccrine glands in the dictionary

  1. ECCM
  2. eccoprotic
  3. eccoprotics
  4. eccrine
  5. eccrine gland
  6. eccrine glands
  7. eccrinid
  8. eccrinids
  9. eccrinology
  10. eccrisis
  11. eccritic

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