apocrine
apocrine (ap-ŏ-kryn) adj.
1. describing sweat glands that occur only in hairy parts of the body, especially the armpit and groin. These glands develop in the hair follicles and appear after puberty has been reached. Compare eccrine.
2. describing a type of gland that loses part of its protoplasm when secreting. See secretion.
1. describing sweat glands that occur only in hairy parts of the body, especially the armpit and groin. These glands develop in the hair follicles and appear after puberty has been reached. Compare eccrine.
2. describing a type of gland that loses part of its protoplasm when secreting. See secretion.
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