分泌腺(ぶんぴつせん)

ぶんぴつせん
noun
secretory gland
medicalbody-internalscience
1. secretory gland
An organ or group of cells in the body that produces and releases a substance such as hormones, sweat, or saliva. A biology and physiology term.
汗(あせ)は分泌腺(ぶんぴつせん)から出(で)る。
Sweat comes from the secretory glands.
ホルモンは分泌腺(ぶんぴつせん)で作(つく)られる。
Hormones are produced in secretory glands.
The skin has secretory glands that release sweat and sebum.

Formed from 分泌(ぶんぴつ) (secretion) + 腺(せん) (gland). Also read ぶんぴせん. A biology and physiology term.

Common collocations

  • 汗(あせ)腺(せん): sweat gland (a type of 分泌腺(ぶんぴつせん))
  • 内分泌腺(ないぶんぴつせん): endocrine gland

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