abnormal eccrine gland morphology abnormal eccrine gland number MP:0013456 MPheno.ontology aberration in the number of the coiled tubular glands normally situated on the digits and footpads of the paws of rodents, and both in the histologically thick skin of the palmar and plantar surfaces and in the thin skin that covers most of the rest of the body in humans; in mice these are the only sweat glands present