Sweat glands are small tube-like structures of the skin that produce sweat, a fluid that is secreted by the body to maintain thermoregulating balance. There are two main types of sweat glands: eccrine sweat glands and apocrine sweat glands.
Dacryoadenitis means inflammation of the tear gland.
Involution is the medical term meaning shrinkage of a gland with age, as with the normal developmental involution of the thymus.
Parotidectomy is the medical term meaning surgical removal of the parotid gland.
Anhydrosis or anhidrosis, either spelling, is the medical term meaning an abnormal condition of an absence of sweat or perspiration.
Sebum is the medical term meaning protective oil of the skin.
The medical term for sweat is hydrosis.Perspiration can also be called hydrosis.Diaphoresis is the medical term for sweating or perspiring.
sialadenectomysialectomy
Adenotomy is surgical incision into a gland.
Cortex refers to the outer section of something. Some examples are the cortex of the adrenal gland, or the cortex of the brain.
A meibomian gland is a sebaceous gland in the upper eyelid.
hidrosisPerspiration is the term for the production of sweat, and the end product of that production.Perspire or perspiration are the medical terms for the excretion of sweat.Perspiration
A salivary gland scan, also called a parotid gland scan