sweat

(swet). The perspiration; the clear liquid exuded from or excreted by the sudoriparous glands. It po e es a characteristic odor and a salty taste; its reaction is normally alkaline, but when mixed with sebum, it is acid. It contains sodium chlorid, cholesterin, fats and fatty acids, and traces of albumin, urea, and other compounds. bloody s., hematidrosis. s.-camal, the duct of a sweat-gland. s.-center, a center within the medulla which excites the excretion of sweat. s.-fever, s.-sickne , miliaria; anglicus sudor. 8.-fiber, a nerve-fiber which stimulates a sweat gland. 8.-gland, one of the glands that secrete the sweat, consisting of a tube so coiled as to form a round ma , located in the subcutaneous ti ue and opening by a duct upon the surface of the skin. een 8., a greenish sweating seen among workers in copper. night-s., sweating during sleep: a symptom of phthisis. phosphorescent s., phosphorescent perspiration, sometimes observed in jmiliaria and after the eating of phosphorescent sh.