汗腺(かんせん)

かんせん
noun
sweat gland
1. sweat gland — the gland in the skin that produces perspiration
One of the glands in the skin that secretes sweat. Humans have two main types: エクリン汗腺(かんせん) (eccrine sweat glands), distributed over most of the body and important for temperature regulation, and アポクリン汗腺(かんせん) (apocrine sweat glands), found mainly in the armpits and groin and linked to body odor.
汗腺(かんせん)から汗(あせ)が出(で)る。
Sweat comes out from the sweat glands.
人間(にんげん)の体(からだ)には何百万(なんびゃくまん)もの汗腺(かんせん)がある。
The human body has millions of sweat glands.
運動(うんどう)によって汗腺(かんせん)の働(はたら)きが活発(かっぱつ)になり、体温調節(たいおんちょうせつ)がうまくできるようになる。
Exercise activates the sweat glands, improving the body's ability to regulate its temperature.

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 TERMS:

  • 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.
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