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ECCRINE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

(of exocrine glands) producing a clear aqueous secretion without releasing part of the secreting cell; important in regulating body temperature

Classified under:

Adjectives

Antonym:

apocrine ((of exocrine glands) producing a secretion in which part of the secreting cell is released with the secretion)

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 Context examples: 

Clonal proliferations arising from adnexal skin structures including hair follicles, and apocrine and eccrine glands and ducts.

(Adnexal Neoplasms of the Mouse Skin, NCI Thesaurus/MMHCC)

A benign cystic proliferation of the sweat glands with apocrine or eccrine differentiation.

(Hidrocystoma, NCI Thesaurus)

An adenocarcinoma with eccrine differentiation arising from the sweat glands.

(Eccrine Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)