ECCRINE GLAND


Meaning of ECCRINE GLAND in English

[ec.crine gland] n [Gk ekkrinein to secrete, fr. ek-, ex- out + krinein to separate--more at certain] (ca. 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

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