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sweat (swet) perspiration; the clear liquid secreted by the sweat glands.

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sweat (swt)

v.

To excrete perspiration through the pores in the skin; perspire.

n.

1. The colorless saline moisture excreted by the sweat glands; perspiration.

2. The process of sweating.

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sweat.

See perspiration.

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sweat [swet]

the salty fluid, consisting largely of water, excreted by the sweat glands in the skin. Called also perspiration.



In high temperatures, during strenuous exertion, or in times of unusual emotional stress, the sweat output of the body may exceed several quarts per day. Even on a cool day without exertion or emotional stress, the body loses well over a pint of fluid in sweat. This latter kind of sweating is known medically as “insensible” perspiration because it is virtually unnoticeable; as the sweat reaches the surface of the skin, it evaporates immediately. When sweating becomes noticeable, it is known as “sensible” perspiration.

The chief function of sweat glands and perspiration is to maintain the body temperature at a constant level. Thus the skin is cooled as perspiration evaporates. The blood in the capillaries of the skin likewise is cooled before it courses back into the body. The sweat glands have a minor excretory function. Perspiration contains water, sodium chloride, and small amounts of urea, lactic acid, and potassium ions. It also contains antibacterial substances that defend the body against infection.

sweat gland one of the glands that secrete sweat, found in the corium or subcutaneous tissue, and opening by a duct on the surface of the body. There are two types: The ordinary or eccrine sweat glands are unbranched, coiled, tubular glands distributed over almost all of the body surface; they promote cooling by evaporation of their secretion. The apocrine sweat glands are large, branched, specialized glands that empty into the upper portion of a hair follicle instead of directly onto the skin surface, and are found only on certain areas of the body, such as around the anus and in the axilla. A sweat gland is innervated by cholinergic nerve fibers of the parasympathetic nervous system and can also be stimulated by the hormones epinephrine and norepinephrine that circulate in the blood. Called also sudoriferous or sudoriparous gland.

Sweat gland. From Mahon and Manuselis, 1995.

sweat retention syndrome

1. a dermatologic condition due to occlusion of sweat ducts, which may result in symptoms ranging from pruritus, scratch dermatitis, and miliaria to very persistent inflammatory changes, depending upon the extent of the blockage, environmental temperature, and duration of sweating stimulus.

2. tropical anhidrotic asthenia.

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sweat (swet),

n perspiration. A clear liquid exuded or excreted from the sudoriferous glands. It possesses a characteristic odor and is slightly alkaline, salty to the taste, and, when mixed with sebaceous secretion, acidic. Sweating is under the control of the sympathetic nervous system, although it may be stimulated by parasympathetic drugs. Thermoregulatory sweating is influenced by the blood temperature's affecting the nervous centers and by reflexes associated with heat receptors in the skin.

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sweat

the excretion of the sweat (sudoriparous) glands of the skin; perspiration. Sweating produces an evaporative cooling of the body, the importance varying between species, and also serves an excretory function. Substances eliminated in sweat include water, sodium chloride and small amounts of urea, lactic acid and potassium ions. In humans the ability to lose heat by sweating is much greater than that in domestic animals. Cattle have a high sweat rate (150 g/m²/h at 40°C), sheep lose less (32 g/m²/h) and dogs lose an insignificant amount. Horses probably have the highest sweat rate of all.

Excessive sweating is called diaphoresis, hyperhidrosis.

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atrichial sweat gland

see sweat glands (below).

eccrine sweat gland

called also atrichial sweat gland; see sweat glands (below).

sweat fly

Morrelia aenescens, M. hortorum, M. simplex.

sweat glands

the glands that secrete sweat, situated in the corium or subcutaneous tissue, and opening by a duct on the surface of the body. They are of two types: (1) the ordinary or eccrine sweat glands are unbranched, coiled, tubular glands that promote cooling by evaporation of their secretion. They are innervated by cholinergic nerve fibers; (2) the apocrine sweat glands are large, branched, specialized glands that empty into the upper portion of a hair follicle instead of directly onto the skin surface, and have no secretory innervation but are sensitive to epinephrine in the bloodstream. Called also sudoriferous, or sudoriparous, glands.

paratrichial sweat gland

see apocrine sweat gland.

sweat scraper

a semicircular band of metal with a handle to be dragged over a horse's skin like a squeegee to remove excess moisture quickly.

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Patient discussion about sweat.

Q. does flaxseed work for hot flashes.is there anything else that helps? going though menopause without hormones.

A. No flaxseeds does not work. But I have found something that does work.
Remifemin (estrogen free) the box said to take two a day. I only take one a day apon waking up. It took a week for pills to stop the hot flashes and night sweats, Give it a try.

Q. can I locate an otc test for diabeties 2? I'm 60 overweight. don't urinate freq but starting sweating excessiv I do have swelling in my legs and ankles which is new along with the sweating.Sweating occurs at odd times, not with exercise or movement. I just start sweating. No excessive thirst either. Any suggestions? Insurance is a problem. I'm a small business owner. I have to open and close shop. Long lines at the county hospital are for people with time. I just don't have any. I'm beginning to understand why people go out in different ways. thanks any otc advise would be great or maybe a preventive diabetics diet suggestion?

A. look, this is something you just won't be able to do on your own. as far as i know there isn't any OTC test for diabetes. and even if there is , if you are diabetic - you'll have to see a Dr. and do the test any way, if you are not diabetic- you'll have to see a Dr. and see what the hell do you have. don't neglect your health...

Q. why do we sweat? I don't mean to ask that we sweat when we do physicall activity or are stressed. My question is, why does the body sweat.

A. simple energy calculation will do- when our cells work they create energy. most of that energy transforms to other types we use in all sort of ways. but some of it is "wasted" as heat (although some of the time we use it to maintain regular body heat). when our temperature rises it creates an interference with our protein's function, this could be dangerous- so our body rises the blood flow to the skin and causes sweating. the sweat get's the heat energy from the skin and vaporizes thus reducing the temperature.

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