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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Sudoriferous  \Su`dor*if"er*ous\,  a.  [L.  sudor  sweat  +  -ferous.] 
  (Physiol.) 
  Producing,  or  secreting,  sweat;  sudoriparous. 
 
  {Sudoriferous  glands}  (Anat.),  small  convoluted  tubular 
  glands  which  are  situated  in  the  subcutaneous  tissues  and 
  discharge  by  minute  orifices  in  the  surface  of  the  skin; 
  the  sweat  glands. 

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