APOCRINE


Meaning of APOCRINE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈa-pə-krən, -ˌkrīn, -ˌkrēn ]

adjective

Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary apo- + Greek krinein to separate — more at certain

Date: 1926

: producing a fluid secretion by pinching off one end of the secretory cell while leaving the rest intact

an apocrine gland

also : produced by an apocrine gland

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