ECCRINE GLAND


Meaning of ECCRINE GLAND in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈe-krən-, -ˌkrīn-, -ˌkrēn- ]

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

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