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eccrine
[ ek-rin, -rahyn, -reen ]
adjective
, Physiology.
- of or relating to secretions of these glands:
eccrine sweat.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of eccrine1
First recorded in 1925–30; from Greek ekkrī́nein “to secrete,” formed as if with -ine 1( def ); eccrinology ( def ), endocrine ( def )
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Word History and Origins
Origin of eccrine1
from Greek ekkrinein to secrete, from ek- ec- + krinein to separate
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Most of us have between 2 and 5 million of eccrine sweat glands sprinkled across our whole body, including the armpit.
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