Pronunciation: ' e-kr ə n-, - ˌ kr ī n-, - ˌ kr ē n-
Function: noun
Etymology: Greek ekkrinein to secrete, from ek-, ex- out + krinein to separate ― more at CERTAIN
Date: circa 1927
: any of the rather small sweat glands in the human skin that produce a fluid secretion without removing cytoplasm from the secretory cells ― called also eccrine sweat gland