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eccrine
[ ek-rin, -rahyn, -reen ]
adjective
- of or relating to secretions of these glands:
eccrine sweat.
eccrine
/ ˈɛkrɪn /
adjective
- of or denoting glands that secrete externally, esp the numerous sweat glands on the human body Compare apocrine
Word History and Origins
Origin of eccrine1
Word History and Origins
Origin of eccrine1
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Example Sentences
Aluminum is often used for this, plugging up perspiration-producing glands called eccrine and apocrine glands, the latter of which are concentrated in the hairy parts of the body.
That’s because there are two types of sweat glands present there: eccrine glands, which sweat out the salty watery stuff discussed above, and apocrine glands, which release a viscous waxy substance.
Our eccrine glands, which Everts describes as “tiny, elongated tubas embedded in skin” with “extensive coiled piping” at the base, release fluid that evaporates off our hot skin.
A recent study by Daniel Aldea of the University of Pennsylvania and his colleagues found that repeated mutations of a gene called Engrailed 1 may have led to this abundance of eccrine sweat glands.
Apocrine secretions are milkier than eccrine secretions and are friendlier to bacterial growth.
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