| Term Name: | eccrine sweat gland |
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| Synonyms: | eccrine gland, glandula sudorifera eccrina, glandula sudorifera merocrina, merocrine sweat gland |
| Definition: | A merocrine, unbranched, unbranched, coiled, tubular gland sweat gland. In humans, distributed over almost all of the body surface, and promote cooling by evaporation of their secretion. |
| Ontology: | Cell Ontology [UBERON:0000423] |