APOCRINE


Meaning of APOCRINE in English

[apo.crine] adj [ISV apo- + Gk krinein to separate--more at certain] (1926): producing a fluid secretion by pinching off one end of the secretory cell while leaving the rest intact "an ~ gland"; also: produced by an apocrine gland

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