汗腺(かんせん)

Compound of 汗(かん) ('sweat') and 腺(せん) ('gland'). Has several homophones including 幹線(かんせん) ('trunk line'), 感染(かんせん) ('infection'), and 観戦(かんせん) ('watching a match').

Usage

• Medical and biological term; used in health articles, textbooks, and discussions of skin care, thermoregulation, and body odor.
• Commonly specified with type prefixes: エクリン汗腺(かんせん) (eccrine) and アポクリン汗腺(かんせん) (apocrine).
• Related everyday concepts include 発汗(はっかん) ('sweating/perspiration') and 体温調節(たいおんちょうせつ) ('body-temperature regulation').

Common collocations

• 汗腺(かんせん)が発達(はったつ)する: the sweat glands develop / become active
• 汗腺(かんせん)を刺激(しげき)する: to stimulate the sweat glands
• 汗腺(かんせん)の働(はたら)き: the function of sweat glands
• エクリン汗腺(かんせん): eccrine sweat gland
• アポクリン汗腺(かんせん): apocrine sweat gland

Related words

• 腺(せん): gland — general suffix.
• 汗(あせ): sweat
• 発汗(はっかん): perspiration; the act of sweating
• 皮脂腺(ひしせん): sebaceous gland — oil-producing gland in the skin.
• 甲状腺(こうじょうせん): thyroid gland — another gland using the same 腺(せん) suffix.