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APOCRINE
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(of exocrine glands) producing a secretion in which part of the secreting cell is released with the secretion
Example:
mother's milk is one apocrine secretion
Classified under:
Antonym:
eccrine ((of exocrine glands) producing a clear aqueous secretion without releasing part of the secreting cell; important in regulating body temperature)
Context examples:
Inflammation of the apocrine sweat glands, characterized by redness, itching, pain or swelling of the sweat glands, usually in the axillae or groin.
(Hidradenitis, NCI Thesaurus)
Representative examples include sebaceous carcinoma, apocrine carcinoma, eccrine carcinoma, and pilomatrical carcinoma.
(Adnexal Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)
A clonal proliferation of apocrine glandular or ductular cells.
(Apocrine Neoplasms of the Mouse Skin, NCI Thesaurus/MMHCC)
Apocrine glands in the skin and eyelid are sweat glands.
(Apocrine gland, NCI Dictionary)
A ductal breast carcinoma in situ, characterized by the presence of neoplastic epithelial cells with apocrine differentiation.
(Apocrine Breast Carcinoma In Situ, NCI Thesaurus)
Representative examples include tubular apocrine adenoma and external auditory canal ceruminous adenoma.
(Apocrine Adenoma, NCI Thesaurus)
Representative examples include apocrine adenoma, ceruminous adenocarcinoma, and apocrine breast carcinoma.
(Apocrine Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)
A carcinoma with apocrine differentiation arising from the sweat glands.
(Apocrine Gland Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)
A morphologic finding indicating the alteration of the glandular acinar epithelial cells to apocrine sweat gland cells.
(Apocrine Metaplasia, NCI Thesaurus)
It is produced by the cystic proliferation of apocrine secretory glands.
(Apocrine Hidrocystoma, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
