APOCRINE

apocrine

(adjective) (of exocrine glands) producing a secretion in which part of the secreting cell is released with the secretion; “mother’s milk is one apocrine secretion”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

apocrine (not comparable)

(anatomy, biology, histology) Of or pertaining to an apocrine gland or to its mode of secretion, which involves the budding of portions of the secreting cells.

Coordinate terms

• holocrine

• merocrine, eccrine

Anagrams

• caponier, procaine

Source: Wiktionary



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