Referring to a gland, especially a sweat gland, which does not disintegrate and remains intact during secretion.
Denoting the flow of sweat.
Describing sweat glands that are distributed all over the body. Their ducts open directly onto the surface of the skin and they are densest on the soles of the feet and the palms of the hands. Compare apocrine.
A gland that releases its secretions onto the body’s surface, like the sweat glands in the skin, is also known as an exocrine gland.